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= Navigating the command line =

* Bioinformatics tools can have very many options
* They also can be combined with many others, leading to very long command-line.
* You do no want to get stuck only using arrows all the time.

= Exercise =

* Type the following:
that was then, this is now

Try navigating this line using the following keybindings:
* <code>ctrl + a</code>: go to beginning of line
* <code>ctrl + e</code>: go to end of line
* <code>ctrl + w</code>: delete current word backwards, word behind if in space
* <code>ctrl + /</code>: undo changes
* <code>ctrl + x, <BACKSPACE></code>: search backwards for a character, here?
* <code>ctrl + r, ?</code>: search backwards for a character, here?
* <code>alt + b</code>: move backwards word-wise.
* <code>alt + f</code>: move backwards word-wise
* <code>alt + d</code>: delete current word forwards, next word if in space
* <code>ctrl + k</code>: delete to end of line

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