When I am connected to my local Ubuntu dev server with putty (from my Windows 7 box) via SSH, the following key combinations don’t work to move the cursor forward and backward on word boundaries:
- Ctrl+Left Arrow on the cursor pad
- Ctrl+Right Arrow on the cursor pad
The cursor only moves one character at a time. I’m using bash.
Solution:
Add these two lines to your ~/.inputrc file on the destination machine:
"eOD": backward-word"eOC": forward-wordTo make sure that they are the correct sequences, at a Bash prompt, type Ctrl–V Ctrl–LeftArrow and Ctrl–V Ctrl–RightArrow, you should see:
^[OD^[OCWhen you start a new session, the keys will be available or you can press Ctrl–xCtrl–r to re-read the ~/.inputrc file for the current session.