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In your terminal Ctrl+a will return you to the start of whatever line you have typed, and ctrl+e will return you to the end.

• Jtsummers 4y ago
  This is if you have emacs-based keybindings (which is the default). M-f/M-b (Meta, often the alt key or option key) will move forward/backward a full word. C-f/C-b moves forward/backward a character. C-w kills the previous word (if you're in the middle of a word it leaves everything from the cursor to the end intact). C-r will search backward in your history allowing you to type partial matches (like, "I know I compiled foo.c, but what options did I use?" type `C-r foo.c` and repeatedly type C-r until I find the compiler command I used). https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bindable-Readline-Commands.html#Bindable-Readline-Commands https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bindable-... - for a lot more options You can switch to vi keybindings with `set -o vi`.
  • tetris11 4y ago
    Aren't all terminal bindings emacs-based, since they inherit from libreadline?
    • sph 4y ago
      zsh doesn't use readline
    • O_H_E 4y ago
      By default, yes. (Well, its not the terminal but the shell that takes input) but readline has support for vi bindings configuration
• tmaly 4y ago
  I use Ctrl+u if I think I might have added a typo in a password and have not yet typed enter
• arnarbi 4y ago
  This also works in any native text input on macOS.
  • primarydonkey 4y ago
    On macOS, I also use ctrl+x go to the beginning of the line.
    • exikyut 4y ago
      TIL there are scenarios where ^X doesn't just cut text. (Never used macOS. Welp. Guess I have a lot of relearning to do.)