bash: Comand line edititing, the Vim way                             2026-04-26
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If familiar with vim motion keys, you can switch in bash to vim-based keybinds.

In .bashrc:

  set -o vi

To see, if in which mode you are, edit .inputrc to something like:

  set editing-mode vi
  set show-mode-in-prompt on
  set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[32m\2[+]\1\e[0m\2
  set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[33m\2[:]\1\e[0m\2

Then, in bash (starting in INSERT mode):

  <Esc> or <C-[>	Switch to COMMAND mode
  i			Switch to INSERT mode

Replace muscle memory:

  <C-w>			Works in COMMAND and INSERT mode