This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
movement
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ctrl + a go to start of line
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ctrl + e go to end of line
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ctrl + xx go to start of line, press again to go back to starting position
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alt + b go back one word
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alt + f go forward one word
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ctrl + b go back one character
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ctrl + f fo forward one character
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history
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ctrl + r search history backward
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ctrl + s search history forward*
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ctrl + g quit search mode
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ctrl + p previous command (same as )
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ctrl + n next command (same as )
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ctrl + o run current command from history, then queue next command in history
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alt + . insert last word of previous command (additional presses cycle back through history)
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* ctrl + s by default will stop output from the shell, but this is a terminal-level feature which blocks this command from reaching the shell
* run stty -ixon
to disable to terminal feature, place in ~/.bashrc
to make permanent
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control
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ctrl + l clear screen
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ctrl + s pause screen output
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ctrl + q unpause screen output
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ctrl + z suspend program (use fg
to unsuspend) |
manipulation
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alt + c captialize to end of word (make current char uppercase, remainder of word lowercase)
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alt + u from cursor, uppercase to end of word
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alt + l from cursor, lowercase to end of word
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alt + t transpose word with previous word (space counts as the next word)
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ctrl + _ OR ctrl + 7 OR ctrl +x ctrl + u undo last edit (can be used repeatedly)
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ctrl + x ctrl + e open the current command line in your editor*
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* specify desired editor by setting $EDITOR or $VISUAL environment variables
* when editing the command line in vi-like editor, quit with :cq
to avoid running the command, otherwise exit with :wq
or :x
as usual
* the shell might not recognise a GUI editor properly, since some spawn the process and then exit
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cut/paste/delete
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ctrl + u from cursor, delete to start of line
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ctrl + k from cursor, delete to end of line
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ctrl + w from cursor, delete to start of word
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alt + d from cursor, delete to end of word
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ctrl + d delete current character (delete key)
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ctrl + h delete character before cursor (backspace)
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ctrl + y paste cut/deleted text after cursor
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bang
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!! run last whole command
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!foo run last command starting with "foo"
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!?foo? run last command containing foo
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!$ replaced with last word of previous command (same as alt + .
but doesn't put the actual text) |
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!* replaced with all arguments of previous command
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<bang cmd>:p print what <bang cmd> would be replaced with/run
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<bang cmd>:s/foo/bar replace foo with bar in command returned by <bang cmd> (use sed search/replace format)
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