Navigation shortcuts for efficient cursor movement and editing within the command line to accelerate shell work

Ctrl+A

Move to beginning of line

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

💡 Hint: A (beginning)

🎯 Instantly jump to the beginning of long commands for efficient modification and verification

Ctrl+E

Move to end of line

Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

💡 Hint: End

🎯 Quickly move to the end of commands to easily add options and parameters

Ctrl+F

Move forward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the right (same as → key).

💡 Hint: Forward

🎯 Move right without arrow keys to edit efficiently while maintaining home position

Ctrl+B

Move backward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the left (same as ← key).

💡 Hint: Backward

🎯 Move left without arrow keys to maintain comfortable typing position

Alt+F

Move forward one word

Moves the cursor one word to the right.

💡 Hint: Alt + Forward

🎯 Quickly move right by word to efficiently edit long commands and paths

Alt+B

Move backward one word

Moves the cursor one word to the left.

💡 Hint: Alt + Backward

🎯 Quickly move left by word to reduce time navigating to specific command parts

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