Alt-Left on OSX to behave like Alt-Left on Ubuntu

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When connected to a ubuntu server bash shell, I can hold alt key and press the left or right keys to move forward or backward a word. It is incredibly useful.

Is this behaviour defined in the .bash_profile or can it be? I.e. can I bring this behaviour into my OSX shell?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 18:24

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Put this into your ~/.bash_profile:

bind '"\M-\e[C":forward-word'
bind '"\M-\e[D":backward-word'

Checked on OS X Lion.

answered Apr 26 '12 at 18:24

Rudolf Adamkovic

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I can't get this to work... could I be missing something else? – Ross May 02 '12 at 14:36
Can you paste here output of this command: fgrep ard-word $HOME/.${SHELL##*/}_profile? – Rudolf Adamkovic May 02 '12 at 18:25

Alt-Left on OSX to behave like Alt-Left on Ubuntu

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