ctrl + d |
Delete the character under the cursor |
ctrl + h |
Delete the previous character before cursor |
ctrl + u |
Clear all / cut BEFORE cursor |
ctrl + k |
Clear all / cut AFTER cursor |
ctrl + w |
delete the word BEFORE the cursor |
alt + d |
delete the word FROM the cursor |
ctrl + y |
paste (if you used a previous command to delete) |
ctrl + i |
command completion like Tab |
ctrl + l |
Clear the screen (same as clear command) |
ctrl + c |
kill whatever is running |
ctrl + d |
Exit shell (same as exit command when cursor line is empty) |
ctrl + z |
Place current process in background |
ctrl + _ |
Undo |
ctrl + x ctrl + u |
Undo the last changes. ctrl+ _ does the same |
ctrl + t |
Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
esc + t |
Swap last two words before the cursor |
alt + t |
swap current word with previous |
esc + . |
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esc + _ |
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alt + [Backspace] |
delete PREVIOUS word |
alt + < |
Move to the first line in the history |
alt + > |
Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being entered |
alt + ? |
display the file/folder names in the current path as help |
alt + * |
print all the file/folder names in the current path as parameter |
alt + . |
print the LAST ARGUMENT (ie "vim file1.txt file2.txt" will yield "file2.txt") |
alt + c |
capitalize the first character to end of word starting at cursor (whole word if cursor is at the beginning of word) |
alt + u |
make uppercase from cursor to end of word |
alt + l |
make lowercase from cursor to end of word |
alt + n |
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alt + p |
Non-incremental reverse search of history. |
alt + r |
Undo all changes to the line |
alt + ctl + e |
Expand command line. |
~[TAB][TAB] |
List all users |
$[TAB][TAB] |
List all system variables |
@[TAB][TAB] |
List all entries in your /etc/hosts file |
[TAB] |
Auto complete |
cd - |
change to PREVIOUS working directory |
You can discard the current command without executing it and move to a new line by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+U. This clears the current line but saves it in a buffer, allowing you to paste it back later with Ctrl+Y.