In inputrc, making backward-word and forward-word work

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The read shell command helps. Enter it and start pressing your key combinations.
Notice how output differs from X terminals to TTY.

Than you can litteraly quote the result into /etc/inputrc, for example, in TTY you need:

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"\e[d": backward-word     # ctrl + left
"\e[c": forward-word      # ctrl + right
# or
"^[[d": backward-word     # ctrl + left
"^[[c": forward-word      # ctrl + right

because:
"\e" == "^["

You have to enter combination for both TTY and X terminal (rxvt, xterm, Terminal, terminator, tilda etc) to have uniform response.