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Entering text in the terminal is complicated — Julia Evans

I have always found typing text in the terminal perplexing ("Why can't I highlight text?", "Why can't I use my arrow keys?", etc). I knew Ctrl+C to interrupt a process and the up arrow to repeat the previous command, but that was it.

Julia Evans explains not just why it's complicated but also what shortcuts she finds useful, including Ctrl+W to delete the previous word and Ctrl+A to go to the beginning of a line.

I also enjoy Julia's writing style as she makes technical topics feel approachable and doesn't make you feel silly for not knowing things.

https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/08/readline/