The following will work on many Unix programs that use these standard keystrokes.

Keystroke	Action
CTRL-A	Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
CTRL-E	Move the cursor to the end of the line.
CTRL-W	Erase the preeceding word.
CTRL-U	Erase from cursor to the beginning of the line.
CTRL-K	Erase from cursor to the end of the line.
CTRL-Y	Paste erased text.