Simple Question CTRL-LEFT in Linux CLI.

[soccercisco]

Hi all,

I'm getting accustomed to the powerful CLI. However, I was curious about navigating through the text:

Question: Is there a way (magic key-combination) to skip/jump through words (similar to Window$ CTRL-LEFT, CTRL-RIGHT) built into the CLI. Or, is it only possible by modifying the /usr/local/mykeymap file??? as in:

http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_17.html

Thanks,

[tpl]

well, bash usually is set in "emacs mode"
here are some of the commands:

ctrl-a beginning of line
ctrl-e end of line
ctrl-b back one letter
ctrl-f fwd one letter
alt-b back one word
alt-f fwd one word
ctrl-d delete letter

try "man readline" to learn more: around line 280

[soccercisco]

I read this a while back, but never got to say thanks.

So, Thanks. That helped.

-sc