I've added word hopping ctrl-left / right keybindings to my ~/.inputrc (you can also put it in your .bashrc but .inputrc works for all readline programs includi

I've added word hopping ctrl-left / right keybindings to my ~/.inputrc (you can also put it in your .bashrc but .inputrc works for all readline programs including bash): "\e[1;5C":forward-word "\e[1;5D":backward-word The readline manual shows more sophisticated argument operations. Zsh, IIRC, has more features for command processing.