Question: I would like to move between the command line arguments in a fast way. For example, if I have the following command line:

```
> do_something_with /very_long_path/to_a_very_long_directory/ more_args
                    ^                                       ^    

```

I would like to skip the whole path (jump between the ^ symbols). I'm already familiar with word mode (Alt+B and Alt+F) but in some scenarios it's not enough to navigate quickly between the arguments.

Answer: 
In bash, you can set the cursor to the previous given character using the following features:

`character-search` and `character-search-backward` features.

`ctrl`+`]`, (resp. `alt`+`ctrl`+`]`) + `searched_character`

In your example, you can search backward for a space.

```
> do_something_with /very/long/path/\ with_spaces\ directory/ more_args
                 ^                                        ^

```

Unfortunately, this will not work so well with paths like:

```
> do_something_with /very_\ long_path/to_a_\ very_long_directory/ more_args

```

As a sidenote, you can use `ctrl`+`a` and `ctrl`+`e` to go at the beginning / end of a line.
For vi/vim users `ctrl+] + char` can be used to quickly navigate to the first occurance of a given char. Which is equivalent to `f + char` in vi/vim.