long command lines

[Cody Godines_1]

Hi everyone,
Sometimes I have a long command of the form:
ls dirpath ./
and the directory path is long. The next command I give might be of the form:
mv dirpath/file ./
You see, I can get back to the 'ls' command but I need to go to the beginning of the line to change 'ls' to 'mv'. Is there a way to quickly jump from the beginning to the end of a line? Or even to stop at every '/'? I just want to be more efficient, so every little bit counts, and any type of answer will be most appreciated.
By the way, Brant Evans, Bill Hassell, Ian Kidd, Shannon Petry, and Michael Tully, sorry about taking so long to assign points. I'll try not to let it happen again.

[Rodney Hills · Accepted solution]

If you are in "vi" command mode, then-

0 (zero) - begining of line
$ - end of line
f/ - find next "/"

Be sure to press "esc" key to get into "vi" command mode.

-- Rod Hills

[Sachin Patel]

If you are on vi then $ is end of line ^ is start of line.

if you have emacs as editor then on command line ctrl-a is beginning of line and ctrl-e is end of line

$ and ^ will work on bourne shell too, from command line i.e type command then hit esc (escape) key use $ and ^

Thanks
Sachin

[Sajid_1]

hello,

If you are in vi mode (ksh -o vi), you can repeat the old commands and then move to the last with 'shift+A' command. This is actually append mode from the end of line, but if you press 'esc', then it will return you to the end of line and then use 'vi' commands for manipulation.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Cody:

I assume that your shell's editor is set to be 'vi'. Given that, the key sequence "ESC K" will retrieve the last command from the .sh_history file for editting. Then "SHIFT A" will take you to the line's end.

Regards!

...JRF...