Bash shortcuts)

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• Ctrl key bound
• Alt key bound
• More special key bindings

Bash, which is the default shell in Linux contains a whole lot of key bindings which makes it really easy to use. The most commonly used shortcuts are listed below:

Ctrl key bound

CTRL +-Jump to the start of the line

CTRL + B-Move back a char

CTRL + c-Terminate the command

CTRL + d-Delete from under the cursor

CTRL + E-Jump to the end of the line

CTRL + F-Move forward a char

CTRL + k-Delete to EOL

CTRL + L-Clear the screen

CTRL + R-Search the history backwards

CTRL + R-Search the history backwards with multi occurrence

CTRL + u-Delete backward from cursor

CTRL + xx-Move Between EoL and current cursor position

CTRL + x @-Show possible hostname completions

CTRL + z-Suspend/stop the command

Alt key bound

Alt + <-Move to the first line in the history

Alt +>-Move to the last line in the history

Alt +?-Show current Completion list

Alt + *-Insert all possible completions

Alt +/-Attempt to complete filename

Alt +.-Yank last argument to previous command

Alt + B-Move backward

Alt + c-Capitalize the word

Alt + d-Delete word

Alt + F-Move forward

Alt + L-Make word lowercase

Alt + n-Search the history forwards non-incremental

Alt + P-Search the history backwards non-incremental

Alt + R-Recall command

Alt + T-Move words around

Alt + u-Make word uppercase

Alt + backspace-Delete backward from cursor

More special key bindings

here 2 T means press TAB twice. and $ is the bash prompt.

$2 T -display all available commands (common)

$ string 2 T -display all available commands starting with string .

$/2 t-Show entire directory structure including hidden ones.

$2 t-Show only sub-directories inside including hidden ones.

$ * 2 t-Show only sub-directories inside excluding hidden ones.

$ ~ 2 t-Show all present users on system from "/etc/passwd"

$2 t-Show All sys Variables

$ @ 2 t-Show All entries from "/etc/hosts"

$ = 2 t -List output like Ls OrDir