Ctrl+a - go to beginning of line (alpha? I dunno)
ctrl+e - go to (e)nd of the line
alt+f - (f)orward one word
alt+b - (b)ack one word
You might already know these but no one else has posted them on this thread yet. I work in both Linux and Mac a lot and this works for them. No idea about Windows I’m no longer forced to use it at work 🙂
Also
Ctrl + w
to delete one word backwards (which is what OP wants to do).Edit: Nvm I misread the post, deleting is not what OP wants to do. Still gonna keep this because
Ctrl + w
is easily the readline shortcut I use the most.
Works the same as M-b for me (backwards-word)
Make sure your /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc contains
# mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving "\e[1;5C": forward-word "\e[1;5D": backward-word "\e[5C": forward-word "\e[5D": backward-word "\e\e[C": forward-word "\e\e[D": backward-word`
Lemmy:
> meme with problem
> SolutionCommentMemeCommentCommentMemeQuestion
Others:
> meme with problem
> BotCommentCommentAwardsAwardsBotShitpostAwardsShitpost
I hope the formatting shows properly… And thanks for this 😁 now to update the .inputrc on my laptop and VPSes
Edit: fix typo and formatting
b
set -o vi