Bash hotkeys

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:39:03 +0000

Here is the table of bash hotkeys.

Hotkey	Function
ctrl-l	clear screen
ctrl-f	forward character
ctrl-b	back character
esc-b	move cursor back by one word
esc-f	move cursor forward by one word
ctrl-r	search backward starting at the current line and moving `up’ through the history as necessary.
ctrl-s	search forward starting at the current line and moving `down’ through the history as necessary.
ctrl-p	fetch the previous command from the history list, moving back in the list.
ctrl-n	fetch the next command from the history list, moving forward in the list.
esc-<	move to the first line in the history.
esc->	Move to the end line in the history.
ctrl-u	clear all text from cursor to start of line
ctrl-a	move to the start of command
ctrl-e	move to the end of command
ctrl-w	clear one word back
esc-\	delete all spaces and tabs around point.
ctrl-y	yank last cleared word
esc-y	yank first cleared word
esc-?	list of possible completions of the text before point. (like double TAB)
esc-*	insert all possible completions into the line
ctrl-c	send signal SIGINT to the current process which is interrupt the command
ctrl-d	kills the shell
ctrl-h	delete one letter back
ctrl-z	put process into the background
esc-p	like ctrl-r lets you search through the previously given commands.
esc-.	gives the last command you typed.

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