What is the key combination for moving to the beginning of the sentence?

ggyyree · 11-09-2009, 04:17 PM

What is the key combination for moving to the beginning of the sentence?

For example,

I type the commands under bash shell or csh below,

Code:

$ ln -s /etc/X11 /hom/ggyyree/Desktop/X11_link

and I want to go to the beginning of the

Code:

/hom/ggyyree/Desktop/X11_link

when I at the end of the sentence because I make a mistake to type home as hom...

I know press Ctrl+a will go to the beginning of the whole command such as 'ln' above. Is there an easy way to go to the beginning of '/hom'?

Where can I find a whole list as a cheatsheet or something for all these key combination tricks? Cheers.

markush · 11-09-2009, 04:50 PM

Hello ggyyree,

in my Terminal (xterm with fvwm) i can use "Ctrl + Arrow" (left or right) to move one word to the left or to the right. But this has afaik nothing to do with bash but with how the windowmanager interprets the command. You will have to configure fvwm properly since otherwise you use "Ctrl + Arrow" for the same command as "Meta + Arrow", namely to change the page on the desktop.

Markus

ilikejam · 11-09-2009, 05:27 PM

Hi.

Bash generally uses the Emacs keybindings, so you can move back a word with Alt-b .
Some of these work:
http://wttools.sourceforge.net/emacs...ybindings.html

Dave

markush · 11-09-2009, 05:36 PM

Hello together,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilikejam

...Bash generally uses the Emacs keybindings, so you can move back a word with Alt-b .

this works for me only on a terminal without X11. When you're using X the behavior of such key-combinations will depend on the settings in the WM and possibly on your own selfdefined keybindings.

Markus

ilikejam · 11-09-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

this works for me only on a terminal without X11.

Works for me on KDE, Fluxbox, CDE, Java Desktop and Cygwin-X. Have you got a weird keyboard layout or desktop environment?

mrrangerman · 11-09-2009, 06:13 PM

Alt + b will take you to the beginning of the previous word in a terminal.
Alt + f will take you one word ahead.

markush · 11-10-2009, 01:25 AM

Hello,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilikejam

...Have you got a weird keyboard layout or desktop environment?

Well, I'm using a german keyboard-layout and fvwm2.

Markus