GNU readline is a commonly used library for line-editing; it is used for example by Bash, FTP, and many more (see the details of [readline][5] package under "Required By" for more examples). readline is also customizable (see man page for details).
Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl+l
Clear the screen
Ctrl+b
Move cursor one character to the left
Ctrl+f
Move cursor one character to the right
Alt+b
Move cursor one word to the left
Alt+f
Move cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+a
Move cursor to start of the line
Ctrl+e
Move cursor to end of the line
Ctrl+u
Cut everything from line start to cursor
Ctrl+k
Cut everything from the cursor to end of the line
Alt+d
Cut the current word after the cursor
Ctrl+w
Cut the current word before the cursor
Ctrl+y
Paste the previous cut text
Alt+y
Paste the second latest cut text
Alt+Ctrl+y
Paste the first argument of the previous command
Alt+./_
Paste the last argument of the previous command
Ctrl+p
Move to the previous line
Alt+n
Move to the next line
Ctrl+s
Search
Ctrl+r
Reverse search
Ctrl+j
End search
Ctrl+g
Abort search (restores original line)
Alt+r
Restores all changes made to line
Tab
Auto-complete a name
Alt+?
List all possible completions
Alt+*
Insert all possible completions
source: arch wiki
Where does the
ctrl+c(akaC-cor\C-c) come from? Any ideas?