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Shortcuts to improve your bash & zsh productivity

So, you hate using a terminal? That might be, because you use the arrow keys to navigate character by character through a long command just to change a paramater at the other end of the line, right? Here's a list of my most-used bash & zsh shortcuts, that will definitely boost your productivity and will help you to improve your command line experience.

Shortcut Action
CTRL + A Move to the beginning of the line
CTRL + E Move to the end of the line
CTRL + [left arrow] Move one word backward (on some systems this is ALT + B)
CTRL + [right arrow] Move one word forward (on some systems this is ALT + F)
CTRL + U (bash) Clear the characters on the line before the current cursor position
CTRL + U (zsh) If you're using the zsh, this will clear the entire line
CTRL + K Clear the characters on the line after the current cursor position
ESC + [backspace] Delete the word in front of the cursor
CTRL + W Delete the word in front of the cursor
ALT + D Delete the word after the cursor
CTRL + R Search history
CTRL + G Escape from search mode
CTRL + _ Undo the last change
CTRL + L Clear screen
CTRL + S Stop output to screen
CTRL + Q Re-enable screen output
CTRL + C Terminate/kill current foreground process
CTRL + Z Suspend/stop current foreground process
Command Action
!! Execute last command in history
!abc Execute last command in history beginning with abc
!abc:p Print last command in history beginning with abc

History Search

Press CTRL + R to search through the history. Continue pressing CTRL + R until you find the entry you're looking for. Press [ENTER] to execute the current expression. Press [Right Arrow] to modify the current expression. Press CTRL + G to escape from search mode.

Special setup for Mac OS X

Go to Terminal -> Preferences -> Settings -> Keyboard

  • To enable the use of the ALT or OPTION key, select use option as meta key
  • To enable the CTRL + [left arrow] and CTRL + [right arrow] shortcuts, select
    • control cursor left and set it to `
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