9.24.2013

Bash Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl + A        Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E        Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + L        Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U        Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H        Same as backspace
Ctrl + R        Let’s you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + C        Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D        Exit the current shell
Ctrl + Z        Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
Ctrl + W        Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + K        Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + T        Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T         Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt + F         Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt + B         Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Tab             Auto-complete files and folder names

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