⌨️Linux Terminal shortcuts

Bash Navigation

Ctrl + A

Move to the start of the command line

Ctrl + E

Move to the end of the command line

Ctrl + F

Move one character forward

Ctrl + B

Move one character backward

Ctrl + XX

Switch cursor position between start of the command line and the current position

Ctrl + ] + x

Moves the cursor forward to next occurrence of x

Alt + F / Esc + F

Moves the cursor one word forward

Alt + B / Esc + B

Moves the cursor one word backward

Alt + Ctrl + ] + x

Moves cursor to the previous occurrence of x

Bash Control/Process

Ctrl + L

Similar to clear command, clears the terminal screen

Ctrl + S

Stops command output to the screen

Ctrl + Z

Suspends current command execution and moves it to the background

Ctrl + Q

Resumes suspended command

Ctrl + C

Sends SIGI signal and kills currently executing command

Ctrl + D

Closes the current terminal

Bash History

Ctrl + R

Incremental reverse search of bash history

Alt + P

Non-incremental reverse search of bash history

Ctrl + J

Ends history search at current command

Ctrl + _

Undo previous command

Ctrl + P / Up arrow

Moves to previous command

Ctrl + N / Down arrow

Moves to next command

Ctrl + S

Gets the next most recent command

Ctrl + O

Runs and re-enters the command found via Ctrl + S and Ctrl + R

Ctrl + G

Exits history search mode

!!

Runs last command

!*

Runs previous command except its first word

!*:p

Displays what !* substitutes

!x

Runs recent command in the bash history that begins with x

!x:p

Displays the x command and adds it as the recent command in history

!$

Same as OPTION+., brings forth last argument of the previous command

!^

Substitutes first argument of last command in the current command

!$:p

Displays the word that !$ substitutes

^123^abc

Replaces 123 with abc

!n:m

Repeats argument within a range (i.e, m 2-3)

!fi

Repeats latest command in history that begins with fi

!n

Run nth command from the bash history

!n:p

Prints the command !n executes

!n:$

Repeat arguments from the last command (i.e, from argument n to $)

Bash Editing

Ctrl + U

Deletes before the cursor until the start of the command

Ctrl + K

Deletes after the cursor until the end of the command

Ctrl + W

Removes the command/argument before the cursor

Ctrl + D

Removes the character under the cursor

Ctrl + H

Removes character before the cursor

Alt + D

Removes from the character until the end of the word

Alt + Backspace

Removes from the character until the start of the word

Alt + . / Esc+.

Uses last argument of previous command

Alt + <

Moves to the first line of the bash history

Alt + >

Moves to the last line of the bash history

Esc + T

Switch between last two words before cursor

Alt + T

Switches current word with the previous

Bash Information

TAB

Autocompletes the command or file/directory name

~TAB TAB

List all Linux users

Ctrl + I

Completes the command like TAB

Alt + ?

Display files/folders in the current path for help

Alt + *

Display files/folders in the current path as parameter