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 |
$[TAB][TAB] |
List all system variables |
@[TAB][TAB] |
List all entries in your /etc/hosts file |
[TAB] |
Auto complete |
cd - |
change to PREVIOUS working directory |
If you're on a Unix-like system, one way would be to use
Ctrl + x, Ctrl + e
to open the current command line in your preferred visual editor (as defined by the$VISUAL
shell variable, if set; failing that the$EDITOR
variable is tried next, and finally a system-wide default editor will be used), Then edit the line in the editor, e.g. for vi or vim, usingv
for visual mode to select the text to copy, then expand the selection using the navigation keys, theny
to yank (copy) it, then move to where you want it and paste withp
. Your call whether the extra effort to do it this way is worth it though. :)