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 - In bash, use **ctrl-w** to delete the last word, and **ctrl-u** to delete the whole line. Use **alt-Left** and **alt-Right** to move by word, and **ctrl-k** to kill to the end of the line. See `man readline` for all the default keybindings in bash. There are a lot. For example **alt-.** cycles through previous arguments, and **alt-*** expands a glob.
 
-- Alternatively, add `set editing-mode vi` to your `~/.bashrc` to enable vim-keybindings for bash (and any program using GNU readline).
+- Alternatively, add `set -o vi` to your `~/.bashrc` to enable vim-keybindings for bash.
 
 - To go back to the previous working directory: `cd -`