终端命令行快速导航

Question

I would like to move between the command line arguments in a fast way. For example, if I have the following command line:

> do_something_with /very_long_path/to_a_very_long_directory/ more_args
                    ^                                       ^    

I would like to skip the whole path (jump between the ^ symbols). I'm already familiar with word mode (Alt+B and Alt+F) but in some scenarios it's not enough to navigate quickly between the arguments.

Answer 1

In bash, you can set the cursor to the previous given character using the following features:

character-search and character-search-backward features.

ctrl + ] , (resp. alt + ctrl + ] ) + searched_character

In your example, you can search backward for a space.

> do_something_with /very/long/path/\ with_spaces\ directory/ more_args
                 ^                                        ^

Unfortunately, this will not work so well with paths like:

> do_something_with /very_\ long_path/to_a_\ very_long_directory/ more_args

As a sidenote, you can use ctrl + a and ctrl + e to go at the beginning / end of a line.

Answer 2

There are (quote from manual )

 shell-forward-word () 

Move forward to the end of the next word. Words are delimited by non-quoted shell metacharacters.

and

 shell-backward-word () 

Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are delimited by non-quoted shell metacharacters.

I have bound them to Ctrl + Alt + F and Ctrl + Alt + B by adding this to my .inputrc :

"\e\C-f": shell-forward-word
"\e\C-b": shell-backward-word