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I've done an internet search for ubuntu terminal navigation keys but it didn't return anything helpful to me. In Windows (command prompt or GUI), you can go to the next or previous word by pressing Ctrlright or Ctrlleft respectively, but these keys don't work in the Ubuntu terminal.
The only navigation keys I know that work are Home and End. What are the navigation keys to quickly jump between words in Ubuntu's terminal?
command-line shortcut-keys navigation
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I've done an internet search for ubuntu terminal navigation keys but it didn't return anything helpful to me. In Windows (command prompt or GUI), you can go to the next or previous word by pressing Ctrlright or Ctrlleft respectively, but these keys don't work in the Ubuntu terminal.
The only navigation keys I know that work are Home and End. What are the navigation keys to quickly jump between words in Ubuntu's terminal?
command-line shortcut-keys navigation
asked Sep 19 at 0:15
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Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50
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I've done an internet search for ubuntu terminal navigation keys but it didn't return anything helpful to me. In Windows (command prompt or GUI), you can go to the next or previous word by pressing Ctrlright or Ctrlleft respectively, but these keys don't work in the Ubuntu terminal.
The only navigation keys I know that work are Home and End. What are the navigation keys to quickly jump between words in Ubuntu's terminal?
command-line shortcut-keys navigation
asked Sep 19 at 0:15
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
1731 silver badge7 bronze badges
I've done an internet search for ubuntu terminal navigation keys but it didn't return anything helpful to me. In Windows (command prompt or GUI), you can go to the next or previous word by pressing Ctrlright or Ctrlleft respectively, but these keys don't work in the Ubuntu terminal.
The only navigation keys I know that work are Home and End. What are the navigation keys to quickly jump between words in Ubuntu's terminal?
command-line shortcut-keys navigation
command-line shortcut-keys navigation
asked Sep 19 at 0:15
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
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asked Sep 19 at 0:15
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
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asked Sep 19 at 0:15
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
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asked Sep 19 at 0:15
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
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Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50
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show 4 more comments
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Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50
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1
Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50
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I have discovered that Altleft and Altright will jump between words in the terminal. These key combinations don't work in vi, but it's a start!
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Ctrl+Right and Ctrl+Left should navigate words by default, as defined in /etc/inputrc (in 16.04, see lines 44-50). Have you set up a custom inputrc or made any other changes to your terminal/shell setup? What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:36
@wjandrea It's vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-170-generic x86_64)
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:37
Unfortunately 14.04 is no longer supported unless you pay for ESM. You need to switch to a supported release, namely 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04. See releases on the wiki.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:41
@wjandrea It's the version supplied by AWS. We can't change it as far as I know. Our production servers (in fact all our servers) are running it. The question is, does 14.04 support this style of navigation, and what are the keys?
– CJ Dennis
Sep 19 at 0:43
In that case, contact AWS for support. I want to help, but the relevant package has been taken down so I can't even tell you what's in the default /etc/inputrc file (/usr/share/readline/inputrc). In any case, 14.04 is not supported so it's off-topic here.
– wjandrea
Sep 19 at 0:50