Begin command line editing by entering the key sequence to recall a previous command from history. In vi mode, the initial command must be preceded by Esc, so command line editing is initiated with Esc k or Esc -. In emacs or gmacs mode, enter Ctrl-P to recall the previous command or Esc < to recall the first command from the history.
emacs / gmacs
vi
Automatic file name completion
Esc Esc
Esc \
Begin command line editing
Ctrl-P
Esc <
Esc k
Esc -
Previous line/command
Ctrl-P
k
-
Next line/command
Ctrl-N
j
+
First line/command in history
Esc <
Last line/command in history
Esc >
Search backward in history
/string
Search forward in history
?string
Repeat search in same direction
n
Repeat search in reverse direction
N
Execute and advance to next command in history
Ctrl-O
Clear entire line
Ctrl-U
Backwards one character
Ctrl-B
h
Backspace
Forward one character
Ctrl-F
l
Backwards to first character of word
Esc b
b
Forward to first character of word
w
Forward to last character of word
e
Forward to end of word
Esc f
Beginning of line
Ctrl-A
0 (zero)
First non-blank character in line
^
End of line
Ctrl-E
$
Column n
n| ("or" bar)
Find next character in line
fchar
Repeat find in same direction
;
Repeat find in reverse direction
,
Delete character at cursor
Ctrl-D
x
Delete character before cursor
Backspace
X
Delete n characters
nx
Delete n characters before cursor
nX
Delete word before cursor
Esc Backspace
Ctrl-W
Delete from cursor to end of line
Ctrl-K
D
Delete to end of word
Esc d
Replace current character
r
Replace multiple character
R
Insert before current character
i
Insert after current character
a
Insert at beginning of line
I
Insert at end of line
A
Repeat most recent command
.
Undo last change
u
Undo all changes
U
Cancel emacs command (cancels Esc)
Ctrl-G
Cancel UNIX command; new prompt
Ctrl-C
Display version temporarily
Ctrl-V
Transpose two characters
emacs: transpose current character with following character
gmacs: transpose previous two characters
Ctrl-T
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