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Bash Linux Command Line Keyboard Shortcuts. Reference:http://www.skorks.com/2009/09/bash-shortcuts-for-maximum-productivity/
Command EditingCtrl + a | go to the start of the command line | Ctrl + e | go to the end of the command line | Ctrl + k | delete from cursor to the end of the command line | Ctrl + u | delete from cursor to the start of the command line | Ctrl + w | delete from cursor to start of word (i.e. delete backwards one word) | Ctrl + y | paste word or text that was cut using one of the deletion shortcuts (such as the one above) after the cursor | Ctrl + xx | move between start of command line and current cursor position (and back again) | Alt + b | move backward one word (or go to start of word the cursor is currently on) | Alt + f | move forward one word (or go to end of word the cursor is currently on) | Alt + d | delete to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word) | Alt + c | capitalize to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word) |
| | Command Editing (cont'd)Alt + u | make uppercase from cursor to end of word | Alt + l | make lowercase from cursor to end of word | Alt + t | swap current word with previous | Ctrl + f | move forward one character | Ctrl + b | move backward one character | Ctrl + d | delete character under the cursor | Ctrl + h | delete character before the cursor | Ctrl + t | swap character under cursor with the previous one |
Command ControlCtrl + l | clear the screen | Ctrl + s | stops the output to the screen (for long running verbose command) | Ctrl + q | allow output to the screen (if previously stopped using command above) | Ctrl + c | terminate the command | Ctrl + z | suspend/stop the command |
| | Command RecallCtrl + r | search the history backwards | Ctrl + g | escape from history searching mode | Ctrl + p | previous command in history (i.e. walk back through the command history) | Ctrl + n | next command in history (i.e. walk forward through the command history) | Alt + . | use the last word of the previous command |
Bash Bang (!) Commands!! | 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 (also adds it as the latest command in the command history) | !$ | the last word of the previous command (same as Alt + .) | !$:p | print out the word that !$ would substitute | !* | the previous command except for the last word (e.g. if you type ‘find some_file.txt /‘, then !* would give you ‘find some_file.txt‘) | !*:p | print out what !* would substitute |
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