command_line.md

Command Line Navigation Cheat Sheet

Alt key may need to be Esc on macOS depending on your terminal settings.

Cursor Movement

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+A	Move to beginning of line
Ctrl+E	Move to end of line
Ctrl+F	Move forward one character
Ctrl+B	Move backward one character
Alt+F	Move forward one word
Alt+B	Move backward one word

Deletion

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+D	Delete character under cursor
Backspace	Delete character before cursor
Ctrl+H	Same as Backspace
Alt+D	Delete word forward
Ctrl+W	Delete word backward
Ctrl+K	Delete from cursor to end of line
Ctrl+U	Delete from cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl+Y	Paste (yank) last deleted text

History

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+P / ↑	Previous command
Ctrl+N / ↓	Next command
Ctrl+R	Reverse search history
Ctrl+G	Cancel history search
!!	Repeat last command
!$	Last argument of previous command

Process Control

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C	Kill current process
Ctrl+Z	Suspend current process
Ctrl+L	Clear screen
Ctrl+D	Exit shell (on empty line)

Other

Shortcut	Action
Tab	Autocomplete
Tab Tab	Show all completions
Ctrl+XX	Toggle between current pos and line start
Alt+.	Insert last argument of previous command