Vim tip 22: word and WORD motions

Definitions from :h word and :h WORD are quoted below to explain the difference between word and WORD.

word A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, tabs, <EOL>). This can be changed with the iskeyword option. An empty line is also considered to be a word.

WORD A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. An empty line is also considered to be a WORD.

word based motions:

w move to the start of the next word
b move to the beginning of the current word if the cursor is not at the start of word. Otherwise, move to the beginning of the previous word
e move to the end of the current word if cursor is not at the end of word. Otherwise, move to the end of next word
ge move to the end of the previous word
3w move 3 words forward
- Similarly, a number can be prefixed for all the other commands discussed here

WORD based motions:

W move to the start of the next WORD
- 192.1.168.43;hello is considered as a single WORD, but has multiple words
B move to the beginning of the current WORD if the cursor is not at the start of WORD. Otherwise, move to the beginning of the previous WORD
E move to the end of the current WORD if cursor is not at the end of WORD. Otherwise, move to the end of next WORD
gE move to the end of the previous WORD

info All of these motions will work across lines. For example, if the cursor is on the last word of a line, pressing w will move to the start of the first word in the next line.

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