You may find this doc useful.
About two thirds down the page under the heading "Change the text".
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminalctrl+a or Home
Moves the cursor to the start of a line.
ctrl+e or End
Moves the cursor to the end of a line.
esc+b
Moves to the beginning of the previous or current word.
ctrl+k
Deletes from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
ctrl+u
Deletes from the start of the line to the current cursor position.
ctrl+w
Deletes the word before the cursor.
alt+b
Goes back one word at a time.
alt+f
Moves forward one word at a time.
alt+c
Capitalizes letter where cursor is and moves to end of word.
Last edited by stinkeye; February 22nd, 2013 at 02:36 PM.
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