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 By Joran Martijn
+These are known as the GNU Readline key bindings. See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline]] for a more exhaustive list. The following are ones that I use commonly
 === The Hot Keys ===
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 Ctrl-a		Jump to START of line
 Ctrl-e		Jump to END of line
-M-f		Jump FORWARD one word or until special character. For example ‘ /\_.,-‘
+Meta-f		Jump FORWARD one word or until special character. For example ‘ /\_.,-‘
-M-b		Jump BACK one word or until special character
+Meta-b		Jump BACK one word or until special character
 Ctrl-k		Remove (KILL) everything after the cursor
 Ctrl-u		Remove everything before the cursor
 Ctrl-w		Remove the (previous) word
+Meta-d          Remove the (next) word
 Ctrl-y		Paste (YANK) the last thing you removed with Ctrl-k, Ctrl-u or Ctrl-w
 Ctrl-l		Clear the screen (same as clear) Ctrl-d Exit terminal session (same as exit)
-M-Bcksp		Remove everything before the cursor until a special character
+Meta-Bcksp	Remove everything before the cursor until a special character
 Ctrl-r		Search for commands in the commands history (also see history)
 </code>
-M stands for the Meta Key (see below)
 Theys hotkeys can save you a lot of time when editing a previous command to create a new command, especially if these are very long commands. I find in particular Ctrl-r extremely useful.
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 Meta = Esc on Mac keyboards
-If you use iTerm2 on a Mac, you can make the Option key act as the Meta key
+If you use iTerm2 on a Mac, you can make the Option key act as the Meta key:
+Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys -> Esc+