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List of All Bash CTRL and ALT Key Shortcuts – Linux 2018

Tech Articles By Sarcastic Writer · August 1, 2018 · Comments off

Bash, which is the default shell in Linux contains a whole lot of key bindings which makes it really easy to use. The most commonly used shortcuts are listed below:

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CTRL Key Shortcuts

Ctrl + a	Jump to the start of the line
Ctrl + b	Move back a char
Ctrl + c	Terminate the command
Ctrl + d	Delete from under the cursor
Ctrl + e	Jump to the end of the line
Ctrl + f	Move forward a char
Ctrl + k	Delete to EOL
Ctrl + l	Clear the screen
Ctrl + r	Search the history backwards
Ctrl + R	Search the history backwards with multi occurrence
Ctrl + u	Delete backward from cursor
Ctrl + xx	Move between EOL and current cursor position
Ctrl + x @	Show possible hostname completions
Ctrl + z	Suspend / Stop the command

ALT Key Shortcuts

Alt + <	Move to the first line in the history
Alt + >	Move to the last line in the history
Alt + ?	Show current completion list
Alt + *	Insert all possible completions
Alt + /	Attempt to complete filename
Alt + .	Yank last argument to previous command
Alt + b	Move backward
Alt + c	Capitalize the word
Alt + d	Delete word
Alt + f	Move forward
Alt + l	Make word lowercase
Alt + n	Search the history forwards non-incremental
Alt + p	Search the history backwards non-incremental
Alt + r	Recall command
Alt + t	Move words around
Alt + u	Make word uppercase
Alt + backspace	Delete backward from cursor

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