Ctrl + C
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Working with processes
Kill current foreground process running in the terminal
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Ctrl + Z
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Working with processes
Suspend the current foreground process running in bash
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Ctrl + D
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Deleting text
Delete the character under the cursor
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Ctrl + L
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Controlling the screen
Clear the screen
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Ctrl + S
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Controlling the screen
Stop all output to the screen. This can be useful when running commands with very long output, but you don't want to stop the command with Ctrl + C
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Ctrl + Q
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Controlling the screen
Resume output to the screen after stopping it with Ctrl + S
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Ctrl + A
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Moving the cursor
Go to the beginning of the line
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Home
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Moving the cursor
Go to the beginning of the line
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Ctrl + E
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Moving the cursor
Go to the end of the line
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End
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Moving the cursor
Go to the end of the line
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Ctrl + B
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Moving the cursor
Go left one character
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Alt + F
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Moving the cursor
Go right one word
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Ctrl + F
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Moving the cursor
Go right one character
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Ctrl + X then X
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Moving the cursor
Move between the beginning of the line and the current position of the cursor. This allows you to change something and return to original position
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Del
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Deleting text
Delete the character under the cursor
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Alt + D
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Deleting text
Delete all characters after the cursor on the current line
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Ctrl + H
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Deleting text
Delete the character before the cursor
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⬅ Backspace
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Deleting text
Delete the character before the cursor
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Alt + T
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Correcting text
Swap the current word with the previous word
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Ctrl + T
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Correcting text
Swap the last two characters before the cursor with each other
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Ctrl + _
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Correcting text
Undo your last key press. It can be used multiple times
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Esc + T
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Correcting text
Swap the last to words before the cursor
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Ctrl + W
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Cut and paste
Cut the word before the cursor and add it to the clipboard
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Ctrl + K
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Cut and paste
Cut the part of the line after the cursor and add it to the clipboard
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Ctrl + U
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Cut and paste
Cut the part of the line before the cursor and add it to the clipboard
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Ctrl + Y
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Cut and paste
Paste the last thing you cut from the clipboard. The y here stands for “yank”
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Alt + U
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Capitalizing characters
Capitalize every character from the cursor to the end of the current word, converting the characters to upper case
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Alt + L
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Capitalizing characters
Uncapitalize every character from the cursor to the end of the current word, converting the characters to lower case
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Alt + C
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Capitalizing characters
Capitalize the character under the cursor. Your cursor will move to the end of the current word.
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⭾ Tab
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Tab completion
Automatically complete the file, directory, or command you’re typing
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Ctrl + P
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Command history
Go to the previous command in the command history
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↑
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Command history
Go to the previous command in the command history
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Ctrl + N
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Command history
Go to the next command in the command history
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↓
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Command history
Go to the next command in the command history
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Alt + R
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Command history
Revert any changes to a command you've called from your history, if you've edited it
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Ctrl + R
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Command history
Recall the last command matching the characters you provide. Press this shortcut and start typing to search your bash history for a command
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Ctrl + O
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Command history
Run a command you found with Ctrl + R
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Ctrl + G
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Command history
Leave history searching mode without running a command
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