Special keys such as Tab, Backspace, Enter and Esc are encoded as control characters.Ĭontrol characters are not printable, they display in the terminal as ^ and are intended to have an effect on applications. Text Terminals send characters (bytes), not key strokes. Type just enough characters to uniquely identify the directory you wish to open. TAB Tab completion for file/directory namesįor example, to move to a directory 'sample1' Type cd sam then press TAB and ENTER. Hold the Option key and click on a previous line = Jump upwardsĪlt + b Back (left) one word or use Option+Right-ArrowĪlt + f Forward (right) one word or use Option+Left-ArrowĬtrl + xx Toggle between the start of line and current cursor position Editing: Ctrl + L Clear the Screen, similar to the clear commandĪlt + Del Delete the Word before the cursor.Īlt + d Delete the Word after the cursor.Ĭtrl + d Delete character under the cursorĬtrl + h Delete character before the cursor (backspace)Ĭtrl + w Cut the Word before the cursor to the clipboard.Ĭtrl + k Cut the Line after the cursor to the clipboard.Ĭtrl + u Cut/delete the Line before the cursor position.Ĭtrl + t Swap the last two characters before the cursor (typo).Įsc + t Swap the last two words before the cursor.Ĭtrl + y Paste the last thing to be cut (yank)Īlt + u UPPER capitalize every character from the cursor to the end of the current word.Īlt + l Lower the case of every character from the cursor to the end of the current word.Īlt + c Capitalize the character under the cursor and move to the end of the word.Īlt + r Cancel the changes and put back the line as it was in the history (revert).

Hold the Option key and click on the current line = Jump Backwards How-to: Bash Keyboard Shortcuts Moving the cursor: Ctrl + a Go to the beginning of the line (Home)

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