Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-11 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 03:27:26PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:06:16 +0100, Tom Furie wrote: gnome-terminal and echo $SHELL returns /bin/bash. It also works in tty1. And just tested on xterm and works fine. Use case: dmesg|less Ah, then that's less you're in rather than

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: And I'm feel obliged to thank you for that :-) Glad it was useful and helpful. In fact, I first asked for a similar question in the Spanish mailing list a month ago or so, but no one suggested these keyboard combos and of course, I was neither aware of it. They are not

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:10:21 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Camaleón wrote: lina wrote: ctrl-a does the trick. I was looking for such option (a home/end keyword replacement) as my netbook also lacks of it but still not found it... until your post :-D crtl-e seems to jump the cursor at the end

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-10 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:10:12AM +, Camaleón wrote: Bash manual provides home/end replacements but I also looked for page up/page down key combos because my netbook lacks for them. While searching for a good way to mimic the keys, I also found -by pure chance- these combos: ctrl-v

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:06:16 +0100, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:10:12AM +, Camaleón wrote: Bash manual provides home/end replacements but I also looked for page up/page down key combos because my netbook lacks for them. While searching for a good way to mimic the keys, I

a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread lina
Hi, when I use up arrow to check history, and then came to the commend I wanted, suppose it's a long command I typed before, now I want my cursor be back to head to make a very minor modification, are there some quick way to do it, not by pressing the left arrow. Thanks, -- Best Regards,

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: Hi, when I use up arrow to check history, and then came to the commend I wanted, suppose it's a long command I typed before, now I want my cursor be back to head to make a very minor modification, are there some quick way to do it, not by pressing the

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread lina
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br wrote: On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: Hi, when I use up arrow to check history, and then came to the commend I wanted, suppose it's a long command I typed before, now I want my cursor be back to head

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:51:26 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: when I use up arrow to check history, and then came to the commend I wanted, suppose it's a long command I typed before, now I want my cursor be back to head to make a very minor

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread lina
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:51:26 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: when I use up arrow to check history, and then came to the commend I wanted, suppose it's a long command I typed

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:59:08 +0800, lina wrote: On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br wrote: On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: (...) are there some quick way to do it, not by pressing the left arrow. The home key is for that, in the shell

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread lina
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:59:08 +0800, lina wrote: On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br wrote: On 09/09/2011 12:31 PM, lina wrote: (...) are there some quick way to do it,

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:59:08 +0800, lina wrote: […] ctrl-a does the trick. Thanks for both of you. Quid Pro Quo as Dr. Hannibal Lecter would have say :-) Lina!! Thanks much!! I was looking for such option (a home/end keyword replacement) as

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:42:54 +0800, lina wrote: On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:34 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) Quid Pro Quo as Dr. Hannibal Lecter would have say :-) I googled the Dr. * , not so fun. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001399/ It's a fictional film/book

Re: a quick Q: how to back to the head in terminal

2011-09-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: lina wrote: ctrl-a does the trick. I was looking for such option (a home/end keyword replacement) as my netbook also lacks of it but still not found it... until your post :-D crtl-e seems to jump the cursor at the end of the line. Great! I am compelled to note that all