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Bash Shortcuts Table
Table
As Bash use Emacs mode, here’s a table of the shortcuts in Bash.
| Shortcuts | Description |
|---|---|
| ctrl-a | Go to the start of a line (Home) |
| ctrl-e | Go to the end of a line (End) |
| ctrl-u | Delete from cursor to the start of a line |
| ctrl-k | Delete from cursor to the end of a line |
| ctrl-w | Delete from cursor to start of word |
| ctrl-y | Paste the last deleted text (Yank) |
| ctrl-f | Move forward one character (Left) |
| ctrl-b | Move backward one character (Right) |
| alt-f | Move forward one word |
| alt-b | Move backward one word |
| ctrl-d | Delete charactor after cursor |
| ctrl-h | Delete charactor befor cursor (Backspace) |
| alt-d | Delete word after cursor |
| alt-Backspace | Delete word befor cursor |
| ctrl-t | Swap the last two character before the cursor (Typo) |
| alt-t | Swap the last two words before the cursor (Typo) |
| ctrl-p | Previous command in history (Up Arrow) |
| ctrl-n | Next command in history (Down Arrow) |
| ctrl-_ | Undo |
| ctrl-r | Search the history backwards (Recall) |
| ctrl-s | Search the history forwards |
| ctrl-o | Execute the command found via ctrl-r or ctrl-s |
| ctrl-g | Escape from history searching mode |
| ctrl-l | Clear the screen (Clear, similar to the clear command) |
| ctrl-s | Stop output to the screen (for long running verbose commands) |
| ctrl-q | Allow output to the screen |
| ctrl-c | Exit current running (SIGINT) |
| ctrl-d | Exit the current shell |
| ctrl-z | Suspend the current foreground process (recover by fg command) |
| alt-h | Goto manual of current command (Help) |
| alt-l | List the files of current folder (Similar to the ls command) |
| alt-L | Lower the case from current cursor to the word end |
| alt-u | Upper capitalize from current cursor to the word end |
| alt-c | Capitalize from current cursor to the word end |
| Tab | Auto-complete commands |
| ctrl-I | Tab (Indent) |
| ctrl-J | Newline |
| ctrl-M | Enter |
| ctrl-[ | Escape (ESC) |
| ctrl-2 | ctrl-@ |
| ctrl-3 | ctrl-[ (Escape) |
| ctrl-4 | ctrl-\\ |
| ctrl-5 | ctrl-] |
| ctrl-6 | ctrl-^ |
| ctrl-7 | ctrl-_ (Undo) |
| ctrl-8 | ctrl-? (Backward-delete-char) |
| ctrl-v | Not interpret the following character, such as ctrl-v ctrl-I |
| ctrl-xx | Alternates the cursor with its old position (x has crossing shape) |
| ctrl-xe | Edits the current line in the $EDITOR program, or vi if undefined |
| ctrl-xr | Read in the contents of the inputrc file |
| ctrl-xu | Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line |
| ctrl-xv | Change editing mode to vi mode temporarily |
| ctrl-x* | Expand the * when typing a command, e.g. ls *
|
| !! | Run last command |
| !foo | Run last command that BEGINS with foo |
| !n | Run from the last command, args n |
| !n:m | Run from the last command, args n to m |
| !n:$ | Run from the last command, args n to the last argument |
| !\^ | First argument of previous command |
| !$ | Run last argument of previous command |
| alt-. | Run last argument of previous command |
| !* | Run the previous command except for the last word |
| !foo:p | Print out last command starting with foo |
| !$:p | Print out the word that !$ would substitute |
| !*:p | Print out the previous command except for the last word |
| $_ | Expands to the last argument to the previous simple command |
| ^abc | Run previous command, replacing abc with empty |
| ^abc^def | Run previous command, replacing abc with def |
| ~[Tab][Tab] | List all users |
| $[Tab][Tab] | List all system variables |
| cd - | Change to previous working directory |
| cd ~ | Change to home directory |
| cd | Change to home directory |