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Bash shortcut key combos.
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Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on | |
Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on | |
Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command | |
Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. | |
Ctrl + H Same as backspace | |
Ctrl + R Let’s you search through previously used commands | |
Ctrl + C Kill whatever you are running | |
Ctrl + D Exit the current shell | |
Ctrl + Z Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. | |
Ctrl + W Delete the word before the cursor | |
Ctrl + K Clear the line after the cursor | |
Ctrl + T Swap the last two characters before the cursor | |
Esc + T Swap the last two words before the cursor | |
Alt + F Move cursor forward one word on the current line | |
Alt + B Move cursor backward one word on the current line | |
Tab Auto-complete files and folder names |
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