Bash Cheat Sheet ================ ## Moving | command | description | |----------|--------------------------------| | ctrl + a | Goto BEGINNING of command line | | ctrl + e | Goto END of command line | | ctrl + b | move back one character | | ctrl + f | move forward one character | | alt + f | move cursor FORWARD one word | | alt + b | move cursor BACK one word | ## Other | command | description | |----------|--------------------------------| | ctrl + d | Delete the character under the cursor | | ctrl + l | Clear the screen (same as clear command) | | ctrl + p | Fetch the previous command from the history list, moving back in the list (same as up arrow) | | ctrl + n | Fetch the next command from the history list, moving forward in the list (same as down arrow) | | ctrl + u | Clear all BEFORE cursor | | ctrl + k | Clear all AFTER cursor | | ctrl + r | Search backward starting at the current line and moving 'up' through the history as necessary | | crtl + s | Search forward starting at the current line and moving 'down' through the history as necessary | | ctrl + c | kill whatever is running | | ctrl + d | Exit shell (same as exit command) | | ctrl + w | delete the word BEFORE the cursor | | ctrl + t | swap the last two characters before the cursor | | ctrl + y | paste (if you used a previous command to delete) | | ctrl + z | Place current process in background | | ctrl + _ | undo | | esc + t | Swap last two words before the cursor | | esc + . | | | esc + _ | | | alt + [Backspace] | delete PREVIOUS word | | alt + < | Move to the first line in the history | | alt + > | Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being entered | | alt + ? | | | alt + * | | | alt + . | print the LAST ARGUMENT (ie "vim file1.txt file2.txt" will yield "file2.txt") | | alt + c | | | alt + d | | | alt + l | | | alt + n | | | alt + p | | | alt + r | | | alt + t | | | alt + u | | | ~[TAB][TAB] | List all users | | $[TAB][TAB] | List all system variables | | @[TAB][TAB] | List all entries in your /etc/hosts file | | [TAB] | Auto complete | | !! | Run PREVIOUS command (ie `sudo !!`) | | !vi | Run PREVIOUS command that BEGINS with vi | | cd - | change to PREVIOUS working directory | # Kill a job n = job number, to list jobs, run `jobs` ```bash kill %n ``` Example: ```bash kill %1 ``` ## References 1. http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/readline.html