forward-kill-word - Delete next word at the cursor position
backward-kill-word - Delete previous word at the cursor position
n forward-kill-word (esc d)
n backward-kill-word (esc backspace)
forward-kill-word deletes the next n words starting at the current cursor position, the deleted text is added to the kill buffer. See forward-word(2) for a description of word boundaries. If the argument n is 0 the command has no effect. If a -ve argument is specified, +n words are deleted and the text is not added to the kill buffer.
backward-kill-word deletes the previous n words before the cursor, the deleted text is added to the kill buffer. The numeric argument has the same effect as with forward-kill-word.
backward-kill-word is also bound to esc backspace.
The -ve argument is typically used from macro scripts where the kill buffer is more precisely controlled.
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Last Modified: 2001/08/12
Generated On: 2001/08/15