Alt-Backspace: cut the text from the cursor to the header. If the cursor starts with a word, cut the previous word
Cursor movement command
Ctrl-A: Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Ctrl-E: Move the cursor to the end of the row.
Ctrl-F: Move the cursor one character forward.
Ctrl-B: Move the cursor one character backward.
Alt-F: Move the cursor forward a word.
Alt-B: Move the cursor backward.
Ctrl-L: clear the screen.
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Modify text
Ctrl-D: delete the character at the cursor.
Ctrl-T: enable the character at the cursor to match the character above it.
Alt-T: match the character at the cursor with the word above it.
Alt-L: converts characters at the cursor to lowercase letters.
Alt-U: converts the characters at the cursor into uppercase letters.
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Cut and paste text
Ctrl-K: cut the text from the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl-U: cut the text from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Alt-D: cut the text from the cursor to the end of the current word.
Alt-Backspace: cut the text from the cursor to the header. If the cursor starts with a word, cut the previous word.
Ctrl-Y: paste the text in the buffer to the cursor position.