Cygwin - Forward- and backword-word in rxvt

Add this to your ~/.inputrc:

# Control+right
"\eOc": forward-word
# Control+left
"\eOd": backward-word

Notice those are O's (the letter) not 0's (zeroes).

You may need to have this in your .bashrc
export INPUTRC=$HOME/.inputrc

LINUX/UNIX - inputrc options

Add this to your ~/.inputrc to

# get default system bindings
$include /etc/inputrc

# ignore case on tab complete
set completion-ignore-case On

# prefer visual bell
set prefer-visible-bell