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Bash Keybindings

Navigation

Keybinding Action Shell
Ctrl + a Go to the beginning of the line bash, zsh
Ctrl + e Go to the end of the line bash, zsh
Ctrl + f Move one character forward bash, zsh
Ctrl + b Move one character backward bash, zsh
Alt + f Move one word forward bash, zsh
Alt + b Move one word backward bash, zsh
Alt + b Jump and mark to the beginning and back bash, zsh

Line Editing

Keybinding Action Shell
Ctrl + d Delete forward bash, zsh
Ctrl + h Delete backward bash, zsh
Alt + d Delete word forward bash, zsh
Alt + w Delete word backward bash, zsh
Alt + Backspace Delete word backward bash, zsh
Ctrl + k Delete everything to the end of the line bash, zsh
Ctrl + u Delete everything to the beginning of the line bash, zsh
Ctrl + y Yank (paste) last deleted item bash, zsh
Alt + p Replace arg with previous command's arg zsh
Alt + n Replace arg with next command's arg zsh
Alt + . Yank (paste) the last command's arg bash, zsh
Ctrl + ? Undo bash, zsh

Signals and Symbols

Keybinding Action Shell
Ctrl + c Send SIGINT bash, zsh
Ctrl + \ Send SIGQUIT bash, zsh
Ctrl + z Send XOFF/SIGTSTP bash, zsh
Ctrl + c Send XON/SIGCONT bash, zsh
Ctrl + l Clear the screen (similar to clear) bash, zsh
Ctrl + d Send EOF (can be used to exit the shell) bash, zsh

History

Keybinding Action Shell
Ctrl + p Previous command bash, zsh
Ctrl + n Next command bash, zsh
Ctrl + r Reverse search the history bash, zsh
Ctrl + s Search the history bash, zsh