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In case somebody else is using the left and right arrows to navigate through typed commands, I've compiled a list of useful shortcuts for the Terminal:
Ctrl + A: Go to the beginning of the line.Ctrl + E: Go to the end of line.Ctrl + F: Move the cursor position one space forward.Ctrl + B: Move the cursor position one space backward.Alt + F: Move the cursor position one word forward.Alt + B: Move the cursor position one word backward.Ctrl + U: Clear the line before the cursor.Ctrl + K: Clear the line after the cursor.Alt + Del: Delete the word before the cursor.Alt + D: Delete the word after the cursor.Tab: Auto-complete file and directory names.Ctrl + L: Clears the screen (same result as typing theclearcommand).Ctrl + C: Terminate the running program; a timeless classic.
Edit: As noted by Parker Wightman (@parkerwightman), these same key bindings work in nearly every OSX text field.
As I grow older I found myself more and more comfortable working from the OSX Terminal, but I was annoyed by the "missing commands to navigate through the text"... Until I discovered them recently and my mind was blown.
Hope they are useful for somebody else too.