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h move the cursor one character to the left
j move the cursor one character down
k move the cursor one character up
l move the cursor one character to the right
0 move to the beginning of a line
$ move to the end of a line
G move to the end of a file
1G move to the first line of a file
<ctrl-F> move down one screen
<ctrl-B> move up one screen
If you try to move somewhere that vi doesn't want to go, e.g. pressing
h when the cursor is in the left-most column, your terminal will
complain by either beeping or flashing the screen.