These little tips man, they are gold. Years ago I used to do a talk called "Cracking the Shell" that was just a bunch of stuff like this I'd picked up over the years. I know I'm not even scratching the surface. So many little tips and tricks.

kepford

I'm not a vim guy! I've always used a non-terminal-based editor. I can get around in vim for quick and dirty remote hot fixes, but I'm no wiz.

If you add this to your bashrc you can use vim key bindings to edit your commands.

`set -o vi`

Then if you write a command out and then press escape, you can use vim motions to move around and edit your command. Its mentioned in the post but not explained.

I find that useful.

I also hadn't used `ctrl-w` or `crtl-u` before. On mac, I use `alt-right/left arrow` rather than `ctrl-rl-arrow` to cursor over words.