This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Main
Ctrl + C |
Kill current process |
Ctrl + D |
Close Terminal |
Ctrl + Z |
Suspend. Use “fg process” to return |
Ctrl + S |
Suspend output to screen |
Ctrl + Q |
Resume output to screen |
TAB |
Completion for file/folder names |
Command History
Ctrl + P |
Previous Command |
Up |
Previous Command |
Ctrl + N |
Next Command |
Down |
Next Command |
Ctrl + R |
Recall command matching search |
Ctrl + O |
Run the command you found with Ctrl+R |
Ctrl + G |
Leave history searching mode without running a command |
!! |
Repeat previous command |
!:n |
Repeat specific argument from previous command |
!:n:m |
Repeat range of arguments from previous command |
!:n:$ |
Repeat range of arguments from n to end from previous command |
!* |
Repeat All arguments from previous command |
Alt + . |
Show Last argument from previous command |
Cut and Paste from Bash Clipboard
Ctrl + W |
Cut the Word before the cursor |
Ctrl + K |
Cut all text from Cursor to End of Line |
Ctrl + U |
Cut all text from Cursor to Beginning of Line |
Ctrl + Y |
Paste Cut and Paste from System Clipboard |
Ctrl + Alt + C |
Copy highlighted text |
Ctrl + Alt + V |
Paste |
Capitalisation
Alt + C |
Capitalise current Character |
Alt + U |
Capitalise current Word from cursor |
Alt + L |
Lowercase current Word from cursor |
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Move Cursor
Ctrl + A |
Beginning of the Line |
Home |
Beginning of the Line |
Ctrl + E |
End of the Line |
End |
End of the Line |
Ctrl + B |
Back one Character |
Left |
Back one Character |
Ctrl + F |
Forward one Character |
Right |
Forward one Character |
Ctrl + Left |
Back one Word |
Alt + B |
Back one Word |
Ctrl + Right |
Forward one Word |
Alt + F |
Forward one Word |
Ctrl + XX |
Toggle between Beginning and End of Line |
Ctrl + M |
Enter |
Fix Typos
Alt + T |
Swap current word with previous word |
Esc + T |
Swap current word with previous word |
Ctrl + T |
Swap the last two characters before the cursor with each other |
Ctrl + Shift + - |
Undo your last key press |
Ctrl + U |
Clear all text from Cursor to Beginning of Line |
Alt + R |
Revert line |
Deleting Text
Ctrl + L |
Clear Screen |
Ctrl + D |
Delete character under the cursor |
Delete |
Delete character under the cursor |
Ctrl + H |
Delete character before the cursor |
Backspace |
Delete character before the cursor |
Alt + D |
Delete the Word after the cursor |
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