🔥 Shell Popular Shortcuts
Master essential shell shortcuts that dramatically accelerate terminal operations to exponentially improve your command-line efficiency.
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Ctrl+R
Reverse search history
Searches command history in reverse. You can search by typing partial commands.
🎯 The most important shortcut for instantly searching and executing past commands
💡 Hint: Reverse search
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Tab
Tab completion
Auto-completes partially typed commands or filenames. Press Tab again to show all candidates if multiple exist.
🎯 Auto-complete filenames and commands to significantly reduce typing
💡 Hint: Tab
TOP 3
Ctrl+A
Move to beginning of line
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
🎯 Instantly jump to the beginning of long commands for efficient editing
💡 Hint: A (beginning)
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Ctrl+E
Move to end of line
Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
🎯 Quickly move to the end of commands for efficient appending and editing
💡 Hint: End
TOP 5
Ctrl+U
Delete to beginning of line
Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
🎯 Quickly clear commands to start typing new ones
💡 Hint: Undo line
TOP 6
Ctrl+W
Delete previous word
Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.
🎯 Smart word-by-word deletion for efficient typo correction
💡 Hint: Word delete
TOP 7
Ctrl+L
Clear screen
Clears the terminal screen (keeps current command line).
🎯 Clear the screen to organize workspace and improve visibility
💡 Hint: cLear
TOP 8
Ctrl+C
Interrupt command
Forcefully terminates the currently running command.
🎯 Safely interrupt running commands to regain control
💡 Hint: Cancel