Add Undo Changes Made To Current Terminal Prompt as a Unix TIL

README.md

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 - [Switch Versions of a Brew Formula](unix/switch-versions-of-a-brew-formula.md)
 - [Tell direnv To Load The Env File](unix/tell-direnv-to-load-the-env-file.md)
 - [Touch Access And Modify Times Individually](unix/touch-access-and-modify-times-individually.md)
+- [Undo Changes Made To Current Terminal Prompt](unix/undo-changes-made-to-current-terminal-prompt.md)
 - [Undo Some Command Line Editing](unix/undo-some-command-line-editing.md)
 - [Unrestrict Where ripgrep Searches](unix/unrestrict-where-ripgrep-searches.md)
 - [Update Package Versions Known By asdf Plugin](unix/update-package-versions-known-by-asdf-plugin.md)

unix/undo-changes-made-to-current-terminal-prompt.md

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+# Undo Change Made to Current Terminal Prompt
+
+I frequently use a variety of ASCII command characters like `ctrl-u` to delete
+the entire line or `ctrl-a` to jump to the front of a long line so I can make
+some edits toward that side of the command or `ctrl-e` to jump to the end of
+the command for the same reason. I sometimes even use `ctrl-k` to delete
+everything after the cursor to the end of the line.
+
+What I didn't realize until now is that any of those actions plus regular
+typing and hitting the backspace are all _undoable_.
+
+So, if I just wiped out half the line (with `ctrl-k`) and I immediately regret
+it, I can restore it with `ctrl-_`. The system keeps of history of the actions
+you've taken, so you can keep hitting `ctrl-_` to undo even further.
+
+The `ctrl-/` command does the same, per GNU's [Undo Changes in the Emacs
+docs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Basic-Undo.html).
+
+[source](https://jvns.ca/ascii)