Implicit Commands
Some commands have no alphabetic name. In Line mode, pressing only Return means display the next line and a backslash (\) means display the previous line, $ means enable Memory Lock and $- means disable Memory Lock. In either mode, ? means Help, any line number means go to that line, a string means display the next line with that string, and “^” means search backwards for a string:
55 | find and display line 55 or higher |
FIRST | find and display first line |
;;;; | display the next 5 lines |
\ | display the previous line |
-5 | move current line back 5 lines |
“string“ | display next line with string |
^”string“ | display previous line with string |
$ | turn on memory lock at this line |
$- | turn off memory lock |