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Moving a word forward in z shell

In zshell how to move forward word, I can set -o vi and use vi format. Is there a way to move forward in zshell by a word

Solution

  • The ZLE widget for moving forward by one word is forward-word. Therefore, you may use bindkey to bind this widget to any key you want.

    For example,

    $> bindkey ^O forward-word

    would allow you to move forward by one word when pressing Ctrl-O. Note that ^O is actually a quoted insert of Control followed by O.