OS X Terminal shortcut: Jump to beginning/end of line

fn + shift + leftArrow = goto beginning of line
fn + shift + rightArrow = goto end of line

these work for me

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In the latest Mac OS You can use shift + home or shift + end

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I use a handy app called Karabiner to do this, and many other things. It's free and open source.

It's a keyboard remapper, with a lot of handy presets for many common remaps that people may want to do.

As you can see from the screenshot, this remap is included as a preset in Karabiner.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/5CESo.png

Hope this helps. Happy remapping!

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As setup in the terminal using vi:

The Home button on a Macbook Pro keyboard: Fn + Left Arrow.

The End button on a Macbook Pro keyboard: Fn + Right Arrow.

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Here I found a tweak for this, without any third party tool. This will make the following shortcut to work:

 fn + right: to go to the end of the line.
 fn + left: to go to the beginning of the line.

Open terminal preferences.(cmd + ,).

Go to your selected theme and then to the keyboard tab.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/oI7kM.png

And add a new entry as following.

That's all. Now close and check. Hope it helps.

EDIT: Refer to the comment by @Maurice Gilden below for more insights.

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Control + A for goto the beginning and Control + E to goto the end

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For iterm2:

Go to Profiles / Open Profiles / Keys

Set Cmd + left_arrow_key to Send Hex Code 001

Set Cmd + right_arrow_key to Send Hex Code 005

This allows you to use Cmd + arrow_keys to move from beginning to end of the line.

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I am not sure if this will work for you (I still use OS 10.8), but these work for my terminal:

home = move cursor to the start of the line
shift+end = move cursor to the end of the line

alt+leftArrow = move one "word" to the left
alt+rightArrow = move one "word" to the right

Hope this helps!

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For latest mac os, Below shortcuts works for me.

Jump to beginning of the line == shift + fn + RightArrow

Jump to ending of the line == shift + fn + LeftArrow

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fn + leftArraw or fn + rightArrow worked for me!

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You could download Better Touch Tools. It's an app that allows you to make custom key-bindings and shortcuts over your entire system or individual apps. Using it, you could make a shortcut in the terminal that emulates ctrl-a/ctrl-e whenever you press cmd-left/cmd-right, respectively. I definitely recommend it! I've been using it for years and I have over 50 shortcuts spread across several different apps.

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Text Navigation Shortcuts

Jump to beginning of a line – Command+Left Arrow

Jump to end of a line – Command+Right Arrow

Jump to beginning of current word – Option+Left Arrow

Jump to end of current word – Option+Right Arrow

Jump to beginning of all text – Command+Up Arrow

Jump to end of all text – Command+Down Arrow

Text Selection Shortcuts

Select text to beginning of a line – Shift+Command+Left Arrow

Select text to end of a line – Shift+Command+Right Arrow

Select text to beginning of current word – Shift+Option+Left Arrow

Select text to end of current word – Shift+Option+Right Arrow

Select text to beginning of all text – Shift+Command+Up Arrow

Select text to end of all text – Shift+Command+Down Arrow

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in iterm2

fn + leftArraw or fn + rightArrow

this worked for me

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This worked for me Option + left-arrow or Option + right-arrow for moving the cursor to the start or end of the line.

Mac Os Version: Catalina

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As per the official website of Apple

control + A - Move to the beginning of the line

control + E - move to the end of the line

terminal shortcuts by Apple's official site

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i have the same issue on MacOS 12 (Monterey) - want to go to beginning and end of the line with fn + arrow keys. When you are trying to write '\' in that text field, it becomes '\\' (with escape). You need to paste this text (copy from some text editor, o from terminal) \001 (home) and \005 (end) in field.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/s0gpC.png

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