What I do is: Up, Home, type cd, Delete (hold/repeat as many times as needed), Enter.
The Home key instantly brings your cursor to the start of the command line (before the ls), even if the command is long enough to wrap.
I’m not a terminal guru, and I don’t aspire to become one. I don’t want to memorize arcane symbols that each has a subtly different meaning, and I especially don’t want to execute them before I see explicitly what they’re going to do. So while the top comment of cd !$ is a perfectly good and correct answer, I offer this alternative in case you, like me, like to see what you’re doing as you do it. Home and End are pretty good.
Minor addition: I’ve had some shells where home will bring you back to the beginning of the current line, not the whole command. Ctrl+Home always brings you to the very start of the command if this applies to you
What I do is: Up, Home, type
cd, Delete (hold/repeat as many times as needed), Enter.The Home key instantly brings your cursor to the start of the command line (before the
ls), even if the command is long enough to wrap.I’m not a terminal guru, and I don’t aspire to become one. I don’t want to memorize arcane symbols that each has a subtly different meaning, and I especially don’t want to execute them before I see explicitly what they’re going to do. So while the top comment of
cd !$is a perfectly good and correct answer, I offer this alternative in case you, like me, like to see what you’re doing as you do it. Home and End are pretty good.I had already found ctrl+a that brings me back to the front of the line. It’s bit more convenient for my hands than home.
I have a really strong muscle memory for Home so it’s super convenient to me, but ctrl+a sounds just as good.
Minor addition: I’ve had some shells where home will bring you back to the beginning of the current line, not the whole command.
Ctrl+Homealways brings you to the very start of the command if this applies to you