The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 375

Tip 363
Be Clever in Open/Save Dialog Boxes
Here's a quick trick for those who like to work at the command prompt and
who don't like to take their hands off the keyboard.
Hitting / (forward slash) in a File Open or File Save dialog box will bring up
a Go to the Folder dialog box. In the dialog box you can type the path of any
folder to go straight there ( /USERS/KEIR/DOCUMENTS , for example). However, the Go
to the Folder dialog box also understands relative paths. If you'd like to switch
to the parent folder of the one you're currently browsing, type ../ . You can also
navigate several folders up the file tree from your current position: DOCUMENTS/Q4
REPORTS/GRAPHICS/ , for example.
Just like at the command line, you can hit TAB to autocomplete path names
in the Go to the Folder dialog box.
Note that, at the time of writing, this trick does not work with dialog boxes
that have had iCloud functionality added—such as those used in built-in OS
X apps like TextEdit and Preview. In these dialog boxes, you can still open
the Go to the Folder dialog box by typing a forward slash, but it will not
understand relative paths.
Tip 364
Make Terminal Delete Words Like Other OS X Apps
In most OS X apps you can move the text cursor from word to word by holding
down OPTION and tapping the Left/Right cursor keys. You can also delete words
behind the cursor by holding down OPTION and hitting DELETE (the key above
RETURN on Mac keyboards; commonly referred to as Backspace on PC
keyboards).
Terminal lets you use the OPTION +Left/Right cursor key combination, but not
OPTION + DELETE , to delete words. You could use the standard Bash keystroke to
delete a word behind the cursor— CTRL + W —or you could hit ESC and then hit
DELETE , but neither is entirely intuitive for Mac users.