terminal

Terminal related shortcuts, commands, tools, plugins, etc.

Terminal Shortcuts

Cursor Navigation

• CTRL + A — Move to the beginning of the line
• CTRL + E — Move to the end of the line
• CTRL + B — Move back one character
• CTRL + F — Move forward one character
• ALT + B ALT + [left arrow] CTRL + [left arrow] — Move one word backward
• ALT + F ALT + [right arrow] CTRL + [right arrow] — Move one word forward

Cut and Paste

• CTRL + W — Cut the word in front of the cursor
• ALT + D — Cut the word after the cursor
• CTRL + U — Cut the entire line for ZSH. Cut everything before the cursor (BASH)
• CTRL + K — Cut everything after the cursor
• ESC + [backspace] — Cut the word in front of the cursor
• CTRL + Y — Paste the text of last deleted command
• CTRL + _ — Undo the last change

History search

• CTRL + R — Search history
• CTRL + N — Next command from the History
• CTRL + P — Previous command from the History
• CTRL + G — Cancel search and restore original line
• CTRL + J — End the search at current history entry

Misc

• CTRL + L — Clear terminal screen
• CTRL + S — Stop output to screen
• CTRL + Q — Re-enable screen output
• CTRL + C — Terminate/kill current foreground process
• CTRL + Z — Suspend/stop current foreground process
• !! — Execute last command in history
• !abc — Execute last command in history beginning with abc
• !abc:p — Print last command in history beginning with abc