A summary of commonly used Linux Bash shortcut keys (continuously updated~)!

The following column linux system tutorial will introduce you to commonly used Bash shortcut keys. Familiarity with Bash shortcut keys can improve efficiency. I hope it will be helpful to friends in need!

#Get familiar with Bash shortcut keys to improve efficiency

Bash shortcut keys are actually GNU Readline shortcut keys.

GNU Readline Library is a GNU software package that accepts user input.
It is the underlying library of most shells including Bash.
Even most software under OSX/Windows/Linux use shortcut keys compatible with it.
So these shortcut keys can support pure keyboard operations to a large extent, especially under Linux/OSX.

Bash is part of the GNU Project and is the default shell provided by most Linux distributions.

The essence of Linux lies in the efficiency of the command line, and the first step in learning the command line is to learn how to quickly enter Bash commands.

Cursor movement

Shortcut keyDescriptionMove the cursor to the beginning of the line##Ctrl eAlt bAlt fCtrl fCtrl bCtrl xxCut and paste

Ctrl a
Move the cursor to the end of the line
Move the cursor back one word (the beginning of the word)
Move the cursor forward one word (the beginning of the word)
The cursor moves forward one letter
The cursor moves back one letter
Cursor switching between the current position and the beginning of the line

Shortcut keys##Ctrl kCtrl uCtrl wAlt dCtrl dCtrl hAlt t##Ctrl tCtrl yCase conversion

Description
Delete from cursor to end of line
Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line
Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line Delete a word from the front
Delete a word from the cursor backward
Delete the letter under the cursor
Delete the letter before the cursor
swap(current word, previous word)
swap(current letter, previous letter)
Paste the last deleted text

Shortcut keysDescriptionAlt cAlt uAlt lHistory Command

Capitalize the current letter and move the cursor to the end of the word
Upper case from the cursor to the end of the word
Lower case from the cursor to the end of the word

Shortcut KeyDescriptionCtrl rCtrl gCtrl pNext command in historyLast word of previous command

Search backward for historical commands
Exit search
Previous command in history	##Ctrl n
	Alt .
	Terminal commands

Shortcut keys

DescriptionCtrl lClear screenStop Output (forward search history command in Zsh) Continue output#Terminate the current commandSuspend the current commandEnd input (generates an EOF) Most software (GUI, command line) in most operating systems (OSX, Windows, Linux) use GNU Readline compatible libraries at the bottom level to read user input.

	Ctrl s
	Ctrl q
	Ctrl c
	Ctrl z
	Ctrl d
	Write an email with pure keyboard?

Therefore, Bash shortcut keys are fully capable of writing emails using the keyboard only

:

Moving the cursor within the same line: Ctrl-B,

Ctrl-F

,
• Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E, etc. Move the cursor up and down: Ctrl-P, Ctrl-N
.
• Cut/Paste: Ctrl-W, Alt-D
, etc.

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