Moving efficiently in the CLI
Totally mindblown by this!
| key | result |
|---|---|
Ctrl A
|
Move: start of line |
Ctrl E
|
Move: end of line |
Alt B
|
Move: start of word |
Alt F
|
Move: end of word |
Ctrl B
|
Move: start of word |
Ctrl F
|
Move: end of word |
Ctrl W
|
Delete: preceding characters in word |
Alt D
|
Delete: current and following characters in word |
Ctrl U
|
Delete: preceding characters of line |
Ctrl K
|
Delete: current and following characters of line |
N.B. - for those using tmux like me, the default (I think?) keybinding for actions (e.g. changing panes) is Ctrl B, forcing you to double tap B to move back one character
update - a minority of these work in vim (Alt B, Ctrl W, and Ctrl U)
- via Clément Chastagnol's blog post
- in turn via How Linux Works