Cursor Movement Keys

Key	Moves The Cursor
l or right arrow	Right one character.
h or left arrow	Left one character.
j or down arrow	Down one line.
k or up arrow	Up one line.
0 (zero)	To the beginning of the current line.
^	To the first non-whitespace character on the current line.
$	To the end of the current line.
w	To the beginning of the next word or punctuation character.
W	To the beginning of the next word, ignoring punctuation characters.
b	To the beginning of the previous word or punctuation character.
B	To the beginning of the previous word, ignoring punctuation characters.
Ctrl-f or Page Down	Down one page.
Ctrl-b or Page Up	Up one page.
numberG	To line number. For example, 1G moves to the first line of the file.
G	To the last line of the file.

Deleting Text

Command	Deletes
x	The current character
3x	The current character and the next two characters
dd	The current line
5dd	The current line and the next four lines
dW	From the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word
d$	From the current cursor location to the end of the current line
d0	From the current cursor location to the beginning of the line
d^	From the current cursor location to the first non- whitespace character in the line
dG	From the current line to the end of the file
d20G	From the current line to the twentieth line of the file

Command	Copies
yy	The current line
5yy	The current line and the next four lines
yW	From the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word
y$	From the current cursor location to the end of the current line
y0	From the current cursor location to the beginning of the line
y^	From the current cursor location to the first non-whitespace character in the line
yG	From the current line to the end of the file
y20G	From the current line to the twentieth line of the file