Page History

The bash shell has several convenient line editing features:

• use the Up arrow to scroll back through the command line history; Down arrow goes forward
• use Ctrl-a to move the cursor to the beginning of a line; Ctrl-e to the end
• use Backspace to remove text before the cursor; Delete to remove text after the cursor
• Ctrl-k ("kill") to delete all text on your command line after the cursor
• Ctrl-y ("yank") to copy the last killed text to where the cursor is

Once the cursor is positioned where you want it:

• Just type in any additional text you want
• To delete text after the cursor, use:
  
  • Delete key on Windows
  • Function-Delete keys on Macintosh
• To delete text before the cursor, use:
  
  • Backspace key on Windows
  • Delete key on Macintosh

(Read more about Command line history and editing)