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Just type Control-U once.

eptcyka 6mo ago
The Just in that sentence is wholly unjustified. There are plenty of cli/tui/console/shell shortcuts that are incredibly useful, yet they are wholly undiscoverable and do not work cross-platform, e.g. shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes.
- QuantumNomad_ 6mo ago
  > shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes All the movement commands I know work the same in the terminal on a default install of macOS as it does in the terminal on various Linux distros I use. Ctrl+A to go to beginning of line Ctrl+E to go to end of line Esc, B to jump cursor one word backwards Esc, F to jump cursor one word forward Ctrl+W to delete backwards until beginning of word And so on Both in current versions of macOS where zsh is the default shell, and in older versions of macOS where bash was the default shell. Am I misunderstanding what you are referring to by shell motions?
  - eptcyka 6mo ago
    Yea, but ctrl + arrows to move cursor between ‘words’ don’t work, especially sad when SSH’ing in from linux. It works fine when using terminal on macOS - you just use command + arrows.
    - mathfailure 6mo ago
      Works fine for me. Configure your shell.
  - malfist 6mo ago
    What happens when you press home or end?
    - int_19h 6mo ago
      In iTerm at least it goes to the beginning or end of current line.
  - jorvi 6mo ago
    These are emacs bindings of yore. On macOS and some Linux DEs they also work in UI text fields :)
- fer 6mo ago
  > e.g. shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes. I forgot about this since I started NixOS/home-manager everywhere.
- macintux 6mo ago
  The number of times I’ve attempted to use Ctrl-U in a Python shell only to discover it doesn’t work…
  - fulafel 6mo ago
    Haven't seen this - shouldn't this always work on unixy platforms? If using readline/editline it works, and if built without it also works.
    - macintux 6mo ago
      It’s an internal, custom, vaguely UNIX-like shell in Windows. Typically I’m running Python from bash; Ctrl-U works under bash, but not Python.
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queenkjuul 6mo ago
I only know this because of xkcd
tspng 6mo ago
That's great. I've been using terminals for 20+ years, and never new about CTRL-U. Thanks! TIL.
- larsbrinkhoff 6mo ago
  It's built into the Unix terminal driver. Control-U is the default, but it can be changed with e.g. "stty kill". Libraries like readline also support it.

The Just in that sentence is wholly unjustified. There are plenty of cli/tui/console/shell shortcuts that are incredibly useful, yet they are wholly undiscoverable and do not work cross-platform, e.g. shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes.

QuantumNomad_ 6mo ago
> shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes All the movement commands I know work the same in the terminal on a default install of macOS as it does in the terminal on various Linux distros I use. Ctrl+A to go to beginning of line Ctrl+E to go to end of line Esc, B to jump cursor one word backwards Esc, F to jump cursor one word forward Ctrl+W to delete backwards until beginning of word And so on Both in current versions of macOS where zsh is the default shell, and in older versions of macOS where bash was the default shell. Am I misunderstanding what you are referring to by shell motions?
- eptcyka 6mo ago
  Yea, but ctrl + arrows to move cursor between ‘words’ don’t work, especially sad when SSH’ing in from linux. It works fine when using terminal on macOS - you just use command + arrows.
  - mathfailure 6mo ago
    Works fine for me. Configure your shell.
- malfist 6mo ago
  What happens when you press home or end?
  - int_19h 6mo ago
    In iTerm at least it goes to the beginning or end of current line.
- jorvi 6mo ago
  These are emacs bindings of yore. On macOS and some Linux DEs they also work in UI text fields :)
fer 6mo ago
> e.g. shell motions between macOS and reasonable OSes. I forgot about this since I started NixOS/home-manager everywhere.
macintux 6mo ago
The number of times I’ve attempted to use Ctrl-U in a Python shell only to discover it doesn’t work…
- fulafel 6mo ago
  Haven't seen this - shouldn't this always work on unixy platforms? If using readline/editline it works, and if built without it also works.
  - macintux 6mo ago
    It’s an internal, custom, vaguely UNIX-like shell in Windows. Typically I’m running Python from bash; Ctrl-U works under bash, but not Python.
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queenkjuul 6mo ago

I only know this because of xkcd

tspng 6mo ago

That's great. I've been using terminals for 20+ years, and never new about CTRL-U. Thanks! TIL.

larsbrinkhoff 6mo ago
It's built into the Unix terminal driver. Control-U is the default, but it can be changed with e.g. "stty kill". Libraries like readline also support it.