If it’s readline-based like bash and you are still using default shortcuts then you can do M-b and M-f for backward/forward a word at a time (not sure what the

If it’s readline-based like bash and you are still using default shortcuts then you can do M-b and M-f for backward/forward a word at a time (not sure what the Meta equivalent is on a Mac. On my keyboard it is the ‘Alt’ key.) Many Mac apps/text inputs support emacs-style shortcuts like these.