Erase a word

<CTRL+w>

By: jslopez

2010-01-27 22:13:29

bash bash tricks

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Erase a word

hit BACKSPACE more than once to delete more words Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ echo something
<ALT> <BACKSPACE>
$ echo
```
2

<ALT> <BACKSPACE>

wincus · 2010-01-27 19:52:51 4

What Others Think

Yeah, according to http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html this is the standard way. Also CTRL+w allow us to erase a word with just one hand.

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missmawar222 · 4 weeks and 2 days ago

What do you think?

Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?

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