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Vi Editor - Moving Cursor & Perform Common Operation Using Keyboard

Hey guys, I am so sorry...you cannot move cursor using mouse.

The 4 important buttons in VI are h j k l

Keyboard button

h

j

k

l

Arrow key f i h g

Cursor Movement moving left moving down moving up moving right

Other buttons that can ease your vi editing life are :)

Keyboard button

0 (numeric zero)

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<CTRL>+f

<CTRL>+b

Cursor Movement moving to beginning of the line moving to end of the line moving cursor one screen back moving cursor one screen forward

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