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

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

n = job number, to list jobs, run jobs

kill %n

Example:

kill %1