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fedorqui
Asked: 2020-12-03 04:05:19 +0800 CST 2020-12-03 04:05:19 +0800 CST

How to remove console content from cursor to beginning?

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Until recently I used Bash. There, you can delete all the content of the line from where the cursor is to the beginning of the line by pressing Ctrl+ U.

$ hola que tal estas
          ^
$ tal estas            # Ctrl+U
  ^

And so the Bash manual in 8.4.4 Killing And Yanking says :

unix-line-discard (Cu)

Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

However, now I use zsh( Oh My Zsh specifically) and this functionality is gone. Now when I press Ctrl+ Uthe entire line is deleted. If I do Ctrl+ W, words are eliminated in the following way:

 $ hola que_tal estas
               ^
 $ hola que_ estas        # Ctrl+U
            ^
 $ hola  estas            # Ctrl+U
        ^

Does anyone know what I need to set so that Ctrl+U returns to delete everything from the cursor to the beginning of the line?

bash

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It seems Ctrl+ Uin zsh fulfills the kill-whole-linedefault function, what you need is to do a backward-kill-line, try adding this to your .zshrc:

    bindkey \^U backward-kill-line

    It is worth mentioning that the list of commands (or widgets) can be found in the manpage of zshzlein the STANDARD WIDGETS section

    For further reference:

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