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Kadir
Kadir

Reputation: 1615

Jump to string in current line while using Bash in VI mode

While navigating in BASH using VI mode, I can jump back to a specific character (e.g. '-') of the current command line via the following command:

F-

How can I jump back to a specific string (e.g. '--path') in the current command line of BASH? I know navigating in VI but I did not understand how to perform regex search in current command line of BASH.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 927

Answers (2)

aalazz
aalazz

Reputation: 1269

According to here, what you want doesn't seem possible. The ?word and /word bindings search in command history rather than in the current command line.

But in vi mode, you can press ESC v to open the current command line in an editor. Then you can edit & save the command and it will be executed (source).

Of course, as pointed out in nur-sh's answer, you can simply keep pressing B to get to the word.

Upvotes: 3

nur-sh
nur-sh

Reputation: 223

You could use the find command which searches backwards from where you are

?word

or you could keep pressing B to get to the word (this command goes back one Word at a time).

Upvotes: 0

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