Bash: Hotkeys

• ctrl+a : move your cursor to the beginning of the line
• ctrl+e : move your cursor to the end of the line
• ctrl+k : delete any characters from your cursor to the end of the line
• ctrl+u : delete any characters from your cursor to the beginning of the line
• ctrl+w : delete previous word
• ctrl+t : transpose two previous characters
• ctrl+y : yank/recover the last deletion
• ctrl+d : delete one character at the cursor position
• ctrl+h : delete one character before the cursor
• ctrl+f : move forward (or use the right arrow ! :-)
• ctrl+b : move backward (or use the left arrow ! :-)
• ctrl+r : find character sequence in history (completion mode)
• ctrl+g : escape from completion mode
  
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• ctrl-l = clear screen.
• ctrl-r = does a search in the previously given commands so that you don't have to repeat long command.
• ctrl-u = clears the typing before the hotkey.
• ctrl-a = takes you to the begining of the command you are currently typing.
• ctrl-e = takes you to the end of the command you are currently typing in.
• esc-b = takes you back by one word while typing a command.
• ctrl-c = kills the current command or process.
• ctrl-d = kills the shell.
• ctrl-h = deletes one letter at a time from the command you are typing in.
• ctrl-z = puts the currently running process in background, the processcan be brought back to run state by using fg command.
• esc-p = like ctrl-r lets you search through the previously given commands.
• esc-. =gives the last command you typed.
  
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• ctrl-_ Undo
  
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• Alt + < - Move to the first line in the history
• Alt + > - Move to the last line in the history
• Alt + ? - Show current completion list
• Alt + * - Insert all possible completions
• Alt + / - Attempt to complete filename
• Alt + . - Yank last argument to previous command
• Alt + b - Move backward a word
• Alt + c - Capitalize the word
• Alt + d - Delete word
• Alt + f - Move forward a word
• Alt + l - Make word lowercase
• Alt + n - Search the history forwards non-incremental
• Alt + p - Search the history backwards non-incremental
• Alt + r - Recall command
• Alt + t - Move words around
• Alt + u - Make word uppercase
• Alt + back-space - Delete backward from cursor
  
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