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- b, B metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
- b (move word) command: 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks 
- -b option (vim): 11.2. Important Command-Line Arguments
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  - 11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations
 
- backquote (`)
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  - `` (move to mark) command: 3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command
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    - 4.4. Marking Your Place 
 
- marking characters (vile): 12.8.7. Visual Mode
- move to mark command: 4.4. Marking Your Place 
 
- backslash ( ) (see  (backslash) metacharacter)
- BACKSPACE key
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  - deleting in insert mode: 2.1. vi Commands 
- moving with: 2.2.1. Single Movements 
 
- backward searching: 3.3. Movement by Searches 
- "Bad file number" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files 
- "Bad termpcap entry" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files 
- bang (see exclamation point)
- beep mode (see command mode)
- :bg (hide window) command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing
- binary data, editing: 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
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  - elvis editor: 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
- nvi editor: 9.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
- vile editor: 12.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
- vim editor: 11.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
 
- binary option (elvis): 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
- :bind-key command: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model
- blinktime option (elvis): 10.6.4. Options
- "Block device required" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files 
- "Block special file" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files 
- block (visual) mode: 8.6.6. Visual Mode
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  - elvis editor: 10.8.6. Visual Mode
- vile editor: 12.8.7. Visual Mode
- vim editor: 11.8.7. Visual Mode
 
- bookmarks, placing: 4.4. Marking Your Place 
- Bostic, Keith: 9.1. Author and History
- bottom-line commands: 1. The vi Text Editor
- braces {}
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  - {...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions
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    - 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
 
- { (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks 
- } (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks 
- [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- finding and matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command 
- metacharacters: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions
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    - 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions
 
 
- bracket expressions, POSIX: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
- brackets ([])
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  - [*, ]* (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- [[, ]] (move cursor) commands: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks 
- [: :] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
- [d, ]d (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
- [. .] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
- [= =] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
- [^I, ]^I (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
- [(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- [#, ]# (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- [/, ]/ (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
- matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command 
- metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns 
 
- :browse command: 10.11. elvis Futures
- bs values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes
- Buettner, Kevin: 12. vile—vi Like Emacs
- bufdisplay option (elvis): 10.10.1. Display Modes
- buffers: 1.1. Opening and Closing Files 
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  - 4.3. Making Use of Buffers
- autowrite and autosave options: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer 
- commands (see command-line history)
- commands for (summary): 4.6. Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands
- copying file contents into: 5.4. Copying a File into Another File 
- executing contents of: 7.3.10. @-Functions 
- hold buffer (metacharacters): 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns 
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    - 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
- 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions
 
- multiwindow editing and: 8.2. Multiwindow Editing
- named buffers: 2.3.7. Copying Text 
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    - 4.3. Making Use of Buffers
- 4.3.2. Yanking to Named Buffers 
- 5.5.5. Edits Between Files 
- arbitrarily naming (nvi): 9.10. Interesting Features
 
- numbered buffers for deletions/yanks: 2.3.6. Moving Text 
- 
    - 4.3. Making Use of Buffers
 
- preserving manually: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer 
- recovering after system failure: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer 
- renaming (ex): 5.3.1. Renaming the Buffer 
 
- built-in calculator, elvis: 10.10. Interesting Features
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