cmdline.nvim

Emulate bash shortcuts for neovim's cmdline mode.

Installation

Lazy configuration

return {
    'dypshong/cmdline.nvim',
    config = function()
        require('cmdline').setup({
            -- your configuration keys here
        })
    end,
}

Bash Shortcuts

Moving

command	description	Supported
C-A	Goto BEGINNING of command line	O
C-E	Goto END of command line	O
C-B	move back one character	O
C-F	move forward one character	O
M-F	move cursor FORWARD one word	O
M-B	move cursor BACK one word	O
C-xx	Toggle between the start of line and current cursor position	X
C-] + x	Where x is any character, moves the cursor forward to the next occurance of x	X
M-C-] + x	Where x is any character, moves the cursor backwards to the previous occurance of x	X

Edit / Other

command	description	Supported
C-D	Delete the character under the cursor	O
C-H	Delete the previous character before cursor	O
C-U	Clear all / cut BEFORE cursor	O
C-K	Clear all / cut AFTER cursor	O
C-Y	paste (if you used a previous command to delete)	O
C-i	command completion like Tab	O
C-W	delete the word BEFORE the cursor	O
M-d	delete the word FROM the cursor	X
C-_	Undo	X
C-x C-u	Undo the last changes. ctrl+ _ does the same	X
C-t	Swap the last two characters before the cursor	X
ESC-t	Swap last two words before the cursor	X
M-t	swap current word with previous	X
ESC-.		X
ESC-_		X
M-[BS]	delete PREVIOUS word	X
M-<	Move to the first line in the history	O
M->	Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being entered	X
M-?	display the file/folder names in the current path as help	X
M-*	print all the file/folder names in the current path as parameter	X
M-.	print the LAST ARGUMENT (ie "vim file1.txt file2.txt" will yield "file2.txt")	X
M-c	capitalize the first character to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word)	X
M-u	make uppercase from cursor to end of word	X
M-l	make lowercase from cursor to end of word	X
M-n		X
M-p	Non-incremental reverse search of history.	X
M-r	Undo all changes to the line	:
[TAB]	Auto complete	O

History

command	description	Supported
C-r	Search backward starting at the current line and moving 'up' through the history as necessary	X
C-s	Search forward starting at the current line and moving 'down' through the history as necessary	X
C-p	Fetch the previous command from the history list, moving back in the list (same as up arrow)	X
C-n	Fetch the next command from the history list, moving forward in the list (same as down arrow)	X
C-o	Execute the command found via Ctrl+r or Ctrl+s	X
C-g	Escape from history searching mode	X
!!	Run PREVIOUS command (ie sudo !!)	X
!vi	Run PREVIOUS command that BEGINS with vi	X
!vi:p	Print previously run command that BEGINS with vi	X
!n	Execute nth command in history	X
!$	Last argument of last command	X
!^	First argument of last command	X
^abc^xyz	Replace first occurance of abc with xyz in last command and execute it	X