Shortcut & Action

• Bash Navigation

  • Ctrl + A Move to the start of the command line
  • Ctrl + E Move to the end of the command line
  • Ctrl + F Move one character forward
  • Ctrl + B Move one character backward
  • Ctrl + XX Switch cursor position between start of the command line and the current position
  • Ctrl + ] + x Moves the cursor forward to next occurrence of x
  • Alt + F / Esc + F Moves the cursor one word forward
  • Alt + B / Esc + B Moves the cursor one word backward
  • Alt + Ctrl + ] + x Moves cursor to the previous occurrence of x

• Bash Control/Process

  • Ctrl + L Similar to clear command, clears the terminal screen
  • Ctrl + S Stops command output to the screen
  • Ctrl + Z Suspends current command execution and moves it to the background
  • Ctrl + Q Resumes suspended command
  • Ctrl + C Sends SIGI signal and kills currently executing command
  • Ctrl + D Closes the current terminal

• Bash History

  • Ctrl + R Incremental reverse search of bash history
  • Alt + P Non-incremental reverse search of bash history
  • Ctrl + J Ends history search at current command
  • Ctrl + _ Undo previous command
  • Ctrl + P / Up arrow Moves to previous command
  • Ctrl + N / Down arrow Moves to next command
  • Ctrl + S Gets the next most recent command
  • Ctrl + O Runs and re-enters the command found via Ctrl + S and Ctrl + R
  • Ctrl + G Exits history search mode
  • !! Runs last command
  • !* Runs previous command except its first word
  • !*:p Displays what !* substitutes
  • !x Runs recent command in the bash history that begins with x
  • !x:p Displays the x command and adds it as the recent command in history
  • !$ Same as OPTION+., brings forth last argument of the previous command
  • !^ Substitutes first argument of last command in the current command
  • !$:p Displays the word that !$ substitutes
  • ^123^abc Replaces 123 with abc
  • !n:m Repeats argument within a range (i.e, m 2-3)
  • !fi Repeats latest command in history that begins with fi
  • !n Run nth command from the bash history
  • !n:p Prints the command !n executes
  • !n:$ Repeat arguments from the last command (i.e, from argument n to $)

• Bash Editing

  • Ctrl + U Deletes before the cursor until the start of the command
  • Ctrl + K Deletes after the cursor until the end of the command
  • Ctrl + W Removes the command/argument before the cursor
  • Ctrl + D Removes the character under the cursor
  • Ctrl + H Removes character before the cursor
  • Alt + D Removes from the character until the end of the word
  • Alt + Backspace Removes from the character until the start of the word
  • Alt + . / Esc+. Uses last argument of previous command
  • Alt + < Moves to the first line of the bash history
  • Alt + > Moves to the last line of the bash history
  • Esc + T Switch between last two words before cursor
  • Alt + T Switches current word with the previous

• Bash Information

  • TAB Autocompletes the command or file/directory name
  • ~TAB TAB List all Linux users
  • Ctrl + I Completes the command like TAB
  • Alt + ? Display files/folders in the current path for help
  • Alt + * Display files/folders in the current path as parameter

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Bash shortcuts

• Arrow keys (left, right) move inside the command
• Ctrl + A move to beginning of command
• Ctrl + E move to the end of command
• Ctrl + L clear screen
• Alt + B move to previous word
• Alt + F move to next word
• Ctrl + Left/Right arrow move between words
• Tab tab completion