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How do you move to the next or previous word in a Terminal in Mac OS?

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Mar 15, 20269240 views
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I usually use Linux, no expert at all (very far from it) but I use it daily. Sometimes I find myself using (someone else's) Mac and typing commands into a Terminal. In Linux, I can use Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right to move backward or forward in the current line one word at a time (as in most text edito…

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Fix for: How do you move to the next or previous word in a Terminal in Mac OS?

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moves one word backwards, one word forward. These are keybindings your shell ( ) supports and has enabled by default. You need to have checked the Use option as meta key preference (pictured below). Additionally, in your Terminal's profile settings,…

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