Console hotkeys

readline.txt

## Readline

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).

`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

### Copy & Paste

`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

### History

`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

### Completion

`Tab`    - Auto-complete a name
`Alt+?`  - List all possible completions
`Alt+*`  - Insert all possible completions

source: [arch wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_Shortcuts#Readline)