Under Emacs mode, typically the default for most shells.
| Basic moves | |
|---|---|
| Move back one character | Ctrl + B |
| Move forward one character | Ctrl + F |
| Delete previous character | Backspace |
| Delete current character | Ctrl + D |
| Undo delete step | Ctrl + - |
| Clear terminal | Ctrl + L |
| Moving faster | |
|---|---|
| Move to start of line | Ctrl + A |
| Move to end of line | Ctrl + E |
| Toggle between start and end of line | Ctrl + X, X |
| Move backward a word | Alt + B |
| Move forward a word | Alt + F |
| Cut and paste | |
|---|---|
| Cut from cursor to start of line | Ctrl + U |
| Cut from cursor to end of line | Ctrl + K |
| Cut from cursor to start of word | Alt + Backspace |
| Cut from cursor to end of word | Alt + D |
| Cut from cursor to previous whitespace | Ctrl + W |
| Paste last cut text | Ctrl + Y |
| Loop through and paste prev cut text | Alt + Y (after Ctrl + Y) |
| Completion | |
|---|---|
| Auto complete name | Tab |
| List possible completions | Alt + ? |
| Insert all possible completions | Alt + * |
| Transpose | |
|---|---|
| Swap character at cursor with previous | Ctrl + T |
| Swap word at cursor with previous | Alt + T |
Probably worth noting this is emacs mode - it's the default but it's not the only setting.