I think it's different. With these ones you can start typing a cmd, say 'dd ' and then hit up and it will got through all of the previous commands that started

I think it's different. With these ones you can start typing a cmd, say 'dd ' and then hit up and it will got through all of the previous commands that started with 'dd '. "\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward I'm on a mac using iTerm so I also have: "\ed": backward-kill-word and have added a shortcut to iTerm to send escape-d when I hit alt-delete. It's like a softer version of ctrl-w, which I've found indispensable since I started using it. It's actually more consistent with the standard Mac alt-delete