Fixing a FreeBSD annoyance: shell editing keybindings

Published 04 February 2008 · 2min

Unlike all the other systems I use, FreeBSD is lacking in one tiny little area: default shell keybindings. Specifically, there’s no keybindings associated with the arrow keys when CTRL is held down.

I’m used to being able to move back a word with CTRL+LeftArrow is pressed, being …