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What is the best way to move around on a given very long command line in the terminal? Say I used the arrow key or Ctrl - R to get this long command line: ./cmd --option1 --option2 --option3 --option4 --option5 --option6 --option7 --option8 --option9 --option10 --option11 --option12 --option13 --option14 --option15 --option16 --option17 --option18 --option19 --option20 --option21 --option22 --option23 --option24 --option25 --option26 --option27 --option28 --option29 --option30 --option31 --option32 --option33 --option34 --option35 --option36 --option37 --option38 --option39 --option40 --option41 --option42 --option43 --option44 --option45 --option46 --option47 --option48 --option49 --option50 Now I need to move (starting from the beginning or the end of the line) the cursor to --option25 to modify something there. What is the fastest way to get there? What I usually do is Ctrl - A to get to the beginning and then repeatedly Alt - F to move forward, word by word (or Ctrl - E to go the end and Alt - B to then go backward). But on a long line that takes too much time. There must be a way to search and jump directly to the part I need to modify, e.g. option25 ?

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