Bash navigation question (move by word)

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Published on 2010-05-27T20:41:54Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 23:53 UTC
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In bash, you can move to the beginning of the line with CTRL+A, and the end with CTRL+E. How to move forward and backward by word?

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