by Yogesh Sharma
Command Control Shortcuts
Shortcut | Description |
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Ctrl + l | clear the screen |
Ctrl + s | stops the output to the screen (for long running verbose command) |
Ctrl + q | allow output to the screen (if previously stopped using command above) |
Ctrl + c | terminate the command |
Ctrl + z | suspend/stop the command |
Command Recall Shortcuts
Shortcut | Description |
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Ctrl + r | search the history backwards |
Ctrl + g | escape from history searching mode |
Ctrl + p | previous command in history (i.e. walk back through the command history) |
Ctrl + n | next command in history (i.e. walk forward through the command history) |
Alt + . | use the last word of the previous command |
Command Editing Shortcuts
Shortcut | Description |
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Ctrl + a | go to the start of the command line |
Ctrl + e | go to the end of the command line |
Ctrl + k | delete from cursor to the end of the command line |
Ctrl + u | delete from cursor to the start of the command line |
Ctrl + w | delete from cursor to start of word (i.e. delete backwards one word) |
Ctrl + y | paste word or text that was cut using one of the deletion shortcuts (such as the one above) after the cursor |
Ctrl + xx | move between start of command line and current cursor position (and back again) |
Alt + b | move backward one word (or go to start of word the cursor is currently on) |
Alt + f | move forward one word (or go to end of word the cursor is currently on) |
Alt + d | delete to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word) |
Alt + c | capitalize to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word) |
Alt + u | make uppercase from cursor to end of word |
Alt + l | make lowercase from cursor to end of word |
Alt + t | swap current word with previous |
Ctrl + f | move forward one character |
Ctrl + b | move backward one character |
Ctrl + d | delete character under the cursor |
Ctrl + h | delete character before the cursor |
Ctrl + t | swap character under cursor with the previous one |
Bash Bang (!) Commands
Shortcut | Description |
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!! | run last command |
!blah | run the most recent command that starts with ‘blah’ (e.g. !ls) |
!blah:p | print out the command that !blah would run (also adds it as the latest command in the command history) |
!$ | the last word of the previous command (same as Alt + .) |
!$:p | print out the word that !$ would substitute |
!* | the previous command except for the last word (e.g. if you type ‘find some_file.txt /‘, then !* would give you ‘find some_file.txt‘) |
!*:p | print out what !* would substitute |
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