Bash command line shortcuts Cheat Sheet by clyde.stiller

Ctrl + y

paste word or text that was cut using one of the deletion shortcuts

Alt + b

move backward one word

Alt + d

delete to end of word starting at cursor

Alt + u

make uppercase from cursor to end of word

!blah

run the most recent command that starts with ‘blah’ (e.g. !ls)

!*

the previous command except for the last word

!$

Last argument of last command

^abc

Replace first occurance of abc with xyz in last command and execute it

Alt + .

use the last word of the previous command

Alt-] x

moves the cursor forward to the next occurance of x

Alt + t

swap current word with previous