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Following my pressing ':' I can switch to command insert mode and pressing 'Up Arrow' I can bring up my previous command.

How can I delete a word left of my cursor during command insert mode? Say for my example I have this in my command pane:

:!sh listtablefromdb.sh mytablename

I would like to delete mytablename via single keyboard shortcut

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Reset to default
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If you press Ctrl-U all characters to the left of the cursor until the beginning of the commandline will be deleted. This is also explained in the help at :h c_CTRL-U

To delete a single word, you can use Ctrl-W(:h c_CTRL-W)

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    Use Ctrl-W to delete a single word
    – Christian Brabandt
    Jan 3, 2018 at 10:20
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    Use q: or <c-f> to open the command-line window to unleash even more power! See :h cmdwin
    – Peter Rincker
    Jan 3, 2018 at 15:09
  • how do I delete a word/line to the right in insert mode?
    – user3236841
    Oct 27, 2020 at 3:00
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Ctrl-W will delete one word.

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