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Ctrl+A

Move to beginning of line

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

💡 Hint: A (beginning)

Ctrl+E

Move to end of line

Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

💡 Hint: End

Ctrl+F

Move forward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the right (same as → key).

💡 Hint: Forward

Ctrl+B

Move backward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the left (same as ← key).

💡 Hint: Backward

Alt+F

Move forward one word

Moves the cursor one word to the right.

💡 Hint: Alt + Forward

Alt+B

Move backward one word

Moves the cursor one word to the left.

💡 Hint: Alt + Backward

Ctrl+U

Delete to beginning of line

Deletes all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the line.

💡 Hint: Undo line

Ctrl+K

Delete to end of line

Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the line.

💡 Hint: Kill

Ctrl+W

Delete previous word

Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.

💡 Hint: Word delete

Alt+D

Delete next word

Deletes the word to the right of the cursor.

💡 Hint: Alt + Delete

Ctrl+Y

Paste deleted text

Pastes the most recently deleted text at the cursor position.

💡 Hint: Yank

Ctrl+D

Delete character forward

Deletes the character at the cursor position (same as Delete key).

💡 Hint: Delete

Ctrl+H

Delete character backward

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor (same as BackSpace key).

💡 Hint: H (same as BackSpace)

Ctrl+T

Transpose characters

Swaps the character before the cursor with the character after.

💡 Hint: Transpose

Alt+T

Transpose words

Swaps the word before the cursor with the word after.

💡 Hint: Alt + Transpose

Ctrl+_

Undo

Undoes the last operation.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + _ (underscore)

Ctrl+P

Previous history

Moves to the previous command in history (same as ↑ key).

💡 Hint: Previous

Ctrl+N

Next history

Moves to the next command in history (same as ↓ key).

💡 Hint: Next

Ctrl+R

Reverse search history

Searches command history in reverse. You can search by typing partial commands.

💡 Hint: Reverse search

Ctrl+S

Forward search history

Searches command history forward (may be disabled by default).

💡 Hint: Search forward

Ctrl+L

Clear screen

Clears the terminal screen (keeps current command line).

💡 Hint: cLear

Ctrl+C

Interrupt command

Forcefully terminates the currently running command.

💡 Hint: Cancel

Ctrl+Z

Suspend job

Suspends the current job to the background.

💡 Hint: Zzz... (suspend)

Ctrl+D

End of file/Logout

Exits the shell when on empty line. Deletes character at cursor when typing.

💡 Hint: Done

Tab

Tab completion

Auto-completes partially typed commands or filenames. Press Tab again to show all candidates if multiple exist.

💡 Hint: Tab

Ctrl+[

Escape

Same as ESC key. Used for switching to vi mode, etc.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + [ (ESC alternative)

Ctrl+J

Enter

Same as Enter key. Executes the command.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + J (Enter alternative)

Ctrl+G

Cancel search

Cancels history search or other operations.

💡 Hint: Give up

Ctrl+V

Quoted insert

Inserts the next special character literally (without escaping).

💡 Hint: Verbatim

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