August 9, 2023

Shortcuts to edit on the command line

Ctrl + A  # move cursor at the beginning of the line
Ctrl + E  # move cursor at the end of the line
Ctrl + F  # move cursor forward one character
Ctrl + B  # move cursor backward one character
Alt  + F  # move cursor forward one word
Alt  + B  # move cursor backward one word
Alt  + D  # delete text from cursor to the end of the word
Ctrl + D  # delete character at the cursor location
Ctrl + K  # delete text from cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl + U  # delete text from cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl + L  # clear the screen and move the cursor a to the top-left corner. The clear command does the same thing
Ctrl + Y  # yank text from the kill-ring and insert it at the cursor location
Alt  + D  # kill text from the cursor location to the end of the current word
Ctrl + T  # transpose (exchange) the character at the cursor location with the one preceding it
Alt  + T  # transpose the word at the cursor location with the one preceding it
Alt  + L  # convert the characters from the cursor location to the end of the word to lowercase
Alt  + U  # convert the characters from the cursor location to the end of the word to upper
Ctrl + J  #copy the line from the history (ctrl-R) list to the current command line
Alt  + backspace # to delete text from the cursor to the beginning of the current word, or previous word

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