Table of Contents Tip 48: Move Word-Wise Know Your Words from Your WORDS References References

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| Command | Move Cursor | | `w` | Forward to start of next word | | `b` | Backward to start of current/previous word | | `e` | Forward to end of current/previous word | | `ge` | Backward to end of previous word |

• `w`: (for-)ward
• `b`: backward
• `ea`: append at the end of the current word
• `gea`: append at the end of the previous word

• A _word_ consists of a sequence of letters, digits, and underscores, or as sequence of other nonblank characters seperated with whitespace.

• A _WORD_ consists of a sequence of nonblank characters seperated with whitespace.