Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

ksh(1) OSS Shell and Utilities Reference Manual
Input Edit Commands
By default the editor is in input mode.
Erase (User-defined Erase character as defined by the stty command, often <Ctrl-h> or #.)
Deletes the previous character.
<Ctrl-w>
Deletes the previous space-separated word.
<Ctrl-d>
Terminates the shell (at the beginning of a line only).
<Ctrl-v>
Escapes the next character. Editing characters and the user’s Erase or Kill characters
can be entered in a command line or in a search string if preceded by a <Ctrl-v>.
<Ctrl-v> removes the next character’s editing features (if any).
\ Escapes the next Erase or Kill character.
Motion Edit Commands
These commands move the cursor:
[count]l Cursor forward (right) one character.
[count]w Cursor forward one word. A word is a string of characters delimited by spaces or tabs.
[count]W
Cursor to the beginning of the next word that follows a space.
[count]e Cursor to the end of the word.
[count]E Cursor to end of the current space-delimited word.
[count]h Cursor backward (left) one character.
[count]b Cursor backward one word.
[count]B Cursor to the preceding space-delimited word.
[count]| Cursor to the column count.
[count]fc Finds the next character c in the current line.
[count]Fc
Finds the previous character c in the current line.
[count]tc Equivalent to f followed by h.
[count]Tc
Equivalent to F followed by l.
[count]; Repeats count times, the last single character find command: f, F, t,orT.
[count], Reverses the last single character find command count times.
0 Cursor to the start of the line.
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