Interactively editing the filename is possible with this even simpler solution: ...

		mrb on April 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Renaming files with mv without typing the name two... Interactively editing the filename is possible with this even simpler solution: `mv foo.txt ↑ Alt-.` This works in bash and any shell using readline. Explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22863402

Great tip thanks!

Similarly, readline's vi mode makes interactive editing in place easy