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Ctrl+a - go to beginning of line (alpha? I dunno)
ctrl+e - go to (e)nd of the line
alt+f - (f)orward one word
alt+b - (b)ack one word
You might already know these but no one else has posted them on this thread yet. I work in both Linux and Mac a lot and this works for them. No idea about Windows I'm no longer forced to use it at work 🙂
Also
Ctrl + wto delete one word backwards (which is what OP wants to do).Edit: Nvm I misread the post, deleting is not what OP wants to do. Still gonna keep this because
Ctrl + wis easily the readline shortcut I use the most.While we're at it:
Alt+ddeletes the next word.
If you use WSL (which you should), you have a normal Bash, so it works
The best part of Windows is the part that isn't Windows lmao lawd I'm glad I don't work for the federal government (exclusively Microsoft) anymore
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