Shortcuts for Mac terminal.

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Shortcuts

Command	Description
Ctrl + A	Jump to beginning of line
Ctrl + E	Jump to end of line
Ctrl + U	Delete text before cursor
Ctrl + K	Delete text after cursor
Ctrl + W	Delete word before cursor
Ctrl + T	Swap last two characters before cursor
Esc + T	Swap last two words before cursor
Ctrl + R	Search through previous commands
Ctrl + L	Clear screen (or Cmd + K)
Ctrl + C	Kill current process
Ctrl + D	Exit shell

Core Commands

Command	Description
cd	Move into home directory
cd dir	Move into directory
ls	List files
ls -l	List files with details
ls -a	List hidden files
ls -lh	List files with human-readable file size
ls -R	List files recursively
sudo command	Run command as admin
open file	Open file
open .	Open current directory
top	Display active processes
clear	Clear screen

Command History

Command	Description
history n	Display last n commands
Ctrl + R	Search through previous commands
!*	Use arguments from previous command
!$	Use last argument from previous command
Esc + .	Print arguments from previous command
!value	Run previous command starting with value
!!	Run previous command

File Management

Command	Description
touch file	Create empty file
pwd	Print full path of current directory
cat file	Print file to screen
rm file	Remove file
rm -i file	Remove file with confirmation
rm -f file	Remove file without confirmation
cp file file	Copy file (original → copy)
cp file dir	Copy file into directory
mv file file	Rename file (old → new)

Directory Management

Command	Description
mkdir dir	Create directory
mkdir -p dir/dir	Create subdirectory
rmdir dir	Remove empty directory
rm -R dir	Remove directory with contents

Piping

Command	Description
more	Print to screen in chunks
> file	Write to file
>> file	Append to file
< file	Read from file

Help

Command	Description
[command] -h	Print help
[command] --help	Print help
[command] help	Print help
man [command]	View manual
whatis [command]	Print description

Adapted from: https://github.com/0nn0/terminal-mac-cheatsheet