Using normal-mode motions in command-line mode in Vim

Question

Is modal editing possible in command-line mode?

Some examples:

• After writing !ls ~/foo/bar I want to db to delete bar

Answer 1

in vim's command line mode: deletes a word

in normal mode: q: goes to the command history (which can be edited with vim commands)

see :help cmdline-editing and :help cmdline-window for more commands.