UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

I need a help on editing a long command. For comming to end of the command I am using ctrl+E and for start of the command I am using Ctrl+A. But don't how to iterate word by word. For this purpose I am using aerrow keys character by character. Do we have any shut cut for moving word by word?

beginning-of-line (C-a)
Move to the start of the current line.
end-of-line (C-e)
Move to the end of the line.
forward-char (C-f)
Move forward a character.
backward-char (C-b)
Move back a character.
forward-word (M-f)
Move forward to the end of the next word. Words are composed of letters and digits.
backward-word (M-b)
Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are composed of letters and digits.
clear-screen (C-l)
Clear the screen and redraw the current line, leaving the current line at the top of the screen.
redraw-current-line ()
Refresh the current line. By default, this is unbound.

Sorry Demwz, I could not get the key combination of (m-f) and (m-b) Can you please describe it me bit elaborately?

And for me (C-l) is not working.

Ctrl - l will clear the screen and whatever has been typed in the prompt will still be there

Code:

before ctrl-l
output_1
output_2
>ls -l | wc -l

Code:

after ctrl-l
>ls -l