Key/Command |
Description |
Ctrl + A |
Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on |
Ctrl + E |
Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on |
Ctrl + L |
Clears the Screen |
Command + K |
Clears the Screen |
Ctrl + U |
Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. |
Ctrl + H |
Same as backspace |
Ctrl + R |
Lets you search through previously used commands |
Ctrl + C |
Kill whatever you are running |
Ctrl + D |
Exit the current shell |
Ctrl + Z |
Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. |
Ctrl + W |
Delete the word before the cursor |
Ctrl + K |
Clear the line after the cursor |
Ctrl + T |
Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
Ctrl + F |
Move cursor one character forward |
Ctrl + B |
Move cursor one character backward |
Esc + F |
Move cursor one word forward |
Esc + B |
Move cursor one word backward |
Esc + T |
Swap the last two words before the cursor |
Tab |
Auto-complete files and folder names |