Keyboard Shortcuts

Move to the start of the line

Move to the end of the line

Move back one character

Move forward one character

Move back one word

Move forward one word

Clear the screen and redraw the current line

Delete the character under the cursor

On an empty line, this can exit the shell.

Delete from the cursor to the start of the line

Delete from the cursor to the end of the line

Delete the word before the cursor

Delete from the cursor to the end of the word

Paste the most recently deleted text

Undo the last editing action

Swap the current character with the previous one

Move to the previous history entry

Move to the next history entry

Search command history backward

Press again to move to an older matching command.

Complete a command, path, or variable

Interrupt the current command

Suspend the current foreground process

Use fg to bring the process back to the foreground.