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Modifying Text
Table 8-2 lists keyboard commands that are used to edit characters on the command line.
Table 8-2: Text Editing Commands
Key Action
Key Action
Ctrl-d Delete the character at the cursor location
Ctrl-t Transpose (exchange) the character at the cursor location with the one preceding it.
Alt-t Transpose the word at the cursor location with the one preceding it.
Alt-l Convert the characters from the cursor location to the end of the word to lowercase.
Alt-u Convert the characters from the cursor location to the end of the word to uppercase.