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Shortcuts to move faster in Bash command line
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# Reference: http://teohm.com/blog/shortcuts-to-move-faster-in-bash-command-line/ | |
Basic moves | |
Move back one character. Ctrl + b | |
Move forward one character. Ctrl + f | |
Delete current character. Ctrl + d | |
Delete previous character. Backspace | |
Undo. Ctrl + - | |
Moving faster | |
Move to the start of line. Ctrl + a | |
Move to the end of line. Ctrl + e | |
Move forward a word. Meta + f (a word contains alphabets and digits, no symbols) | |
Move backward a word. Meta + b | |
Clear the screen. Ctrl + l | |
What is Meta? Meta is your Alt key, normally. For Mac OSX user, you need to enable it yourself. Open Terminal > Preferences > Settings > Keyboard, and enable Use option as meta key. Meta key, by convention, is used for operations on word. | |
Cut and paste (‘Kill and yank’ for old schoolers) | |
Cut from cursor to the end of line. Ctrl + k | |
Cut from cursor to the end of word. Meta + d | |
Cut from cursor to the start of word. Meta + Backspace | |
Cut from cursor to previous whitespace. Ctrl + w | |
Paste the last cut text. Ctrl + y | |
Loop through and paste previously cut text. Meta + y (use it after Ctrl + y) | |
Loop through and paste the last argument of previous commands. Meta + . | |
Search the command history | |
Search as you type. Ctrl + r and type the search term; Repeat Ctrl + r to loop through results. | |
Search the last remembered search term. Ctrl + r twice. | |
End the search at current history entry. Ctrl + j | |
Cancel the search and restore original line. Ctrl + g |
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