Bash command line shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Ctrl + k	delete from cursor to the end of the command line
Ctrl + y	paste word or text that was cut using one of the deletion shortcuts
Ctrl + xx	move between start of command line and current cursor position
Alt + b	move backward one word
Alt + f	move forward one word
Alt + d	delete to end of word starting at cursor
Alt + c	capitalize to end of word starting at cursor
Alt + u	make uppercase from cursor to end of word

!!	run last command
!blah	run the most recent command that starts with ‘blah’ (e.g. !ls)
!blah:p	print out the command that !blah would run
!*	the previous command except for the last word
!n	Execute nth command in history
!$	Last argument of last command
!^	First argument of last command
^abc	Replace first occurance of abc with xyz in last command and execute it

Ctrl + g	escape from history searching mode
Alt + .	use the last word of the previous command

Alt-Ctrl-] x	moves the cursor backwards to the previous occurance of x
Alt-] x	moves the cursor forward to the next occurance of x
Ctrl+t	swap character under cursor with the previous one
Alt + t	swap current word with previous
Alt + l	make lowercase from cursor to end of word

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clyde.stiller

thanks, amazing sheet!

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