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Bash keyboard shortcuts

Characters

  • move back one character: Ctrl + b
  • move forward one character: Ctrl + f
  • delete current character: Ctrl + d
  • delete previous character: backspace

Words

  • move back one word: Alt + b
  • move forward one word: Alt + f
  • delete the word before the cursor: Ctrl + w
  • delete the word after the cursor: Alt + d

Lines

  • go to the beginning of the current line: Ctrl + a
  • go to the end of the current line: Ctrl + e
  • clear the line before the cursor: Ctrl + u (zsh clears the entire line)
  • clear the line after the cursor: Ctrl + k

Search

  • forward incremental: Ctrl + s
  • backward incremental: Ctrl + r
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