| Shortcut key |
Description |
| Ctrl + C |
Kill the current command |
| Ctrl + Z |
Suspend the current command, resume with fg in the foreground or bg in the background |
| Ctrl + D |
Logout the current session, similar to exit |
| Ctrl + W |
Erases or cut one word in the current line |
| Ctrl + U |
Erases or cut the whole line |
| Ctrl + Y |
Paste the previous cut text |
| Alt + Y |
Paste the second latest cut text |
| Ctrl + K |
Clear the line after the cursor |
| Ctrl + S |
Search |
| Ctrl + R |
Reverse search, Type to bring up a recent command |
| Ctrl + J |
It end the Ctrl + R search |
| Ctrl + G |
It abort the search by Ctrl + R and restore original line |
| Alt + R |
Restores all changes made to line |
| !! |
Repeats the last command |
| Ctrl + A |
Go to the beginning of the line |
| Ctrl + E |
Go to the end of the line |
| Ctrl + L |
Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command |
| Ctrl + H |
Same as backspace |
| Tab |
Auto-complete files and folder names |
| Home Button |
Go to the beginning of the line |
| End Button |
Go to the end of the line |
| Up/Down Arrows |
To run last used command, you can also edit the command before run |
| Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right |
Ctrl and the left or right arrow keys jumps between arguments in your command. So you can easily modify your commands in middle. |
| Ctrl + P |
It shows previous history,same like UP arrow key |
| CTRL + N |
It shows forward history,same like DOWN arrow key |
| Ctrl + B |
Move cursor one character to the left side |
| Ctrl + F |
Move cursor one character to the right side |
| Ctrl + Shift + C |
To copy selected text |
| CTRL + Shift + V |
To paste you last copied by Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Shift + Insert |
Paste from the clipboard |
| Ctrl + T |
Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
| Esc + T |
Swap the last two words before the cursor |
| Alt + F |
Move cursor forward one word on the current line |
| Alt + B |
Move cursor backward one word on the current line |
| CTRL + M |
It is like a Enter key (If ENTER key do not work, you can try this) |
