Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash in Linux

Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash in Linux

Ctrl + A - Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E - Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + L - Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U - Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H - Same as backspace
Ctrl + R - Let’s you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + C - Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D - Exit the current shell
Ctrl + Z - Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
Ctrl + W - Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + K - Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + T - Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T - Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt + F - Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt + B - Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Tab - Auto-complete files and folder names