Shortcut Keys for Bash
A list of 30 Bash shortcut keys that will save you time. Bash is the default shell in most Linux distributions and the most popular. The shortcuts are divided into 3 sections (navigation, editing and cutting and pasting) for easy reference.
Nanigation
| Tab | Auto-complete files and folder names |
| Shift + Page Up | Scroll terminal output up |
| Shift + Page Down | Scroll terminal output down |
| CTRL + R | Search command line history |
| CTRL + L | Clear the screen |
| CTRL + F | Move forward one character |
| CTRL + B | Move backward one character |
| Alt + F | Move forward one word |
| Alt + B | Move backward one word |
| CTRL + A | Go to the beginning of the line |
| CTRL + E | Go to the end of the line |
| CTRL + D | Exits the shell (EOF) |
| CTRL + Z | Pauses the current process and sends it to the background |
| CTRL + S | Stops output to the screen (XOFF) |
| CTRL + Q | Turns on output to the screen (XON) |
| CTRL + C | Delete the entire line or kill the current process |
Editing
| CTRL + T | Switch positions of current and previous characters |
| Alt + T | Switch positions of current and previous words |
| Alt + U | Change the current word (from cursor position to end of word) to uppercase |
| Alt + L | Change the current word (from cursor position to end of word) to lowercase |
| Alt + C | Change the current character to uppercase |
| CTRL + H | Delete the character before the cursor. Similar to pressing backspace |
| CTRL + V | Add a special character. e.g. CTRL+V CTRL+C will add ^C instead of canceling the current command |
| CTRL + _ | Undo |
| Alt + Backspace | Deletes from cursor position back to the first space |
Cutting And Pasting
| CTRL + K | Cut text from cursor position to the end of the line |
| CTRL + U | Cut text from cursor position to the beginning of the line |
| CTRL + W | Cut word from cursor position to the beginning of the word |
| ALT + D | Cut word from cursor position to the end of the word |
| CTRL + Y | Paste the recently cut text |
