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Keyboard shortcuts for bash/zsh

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Shell Keybindings

Navigation 🚀

Keybinding	Action
`Alt` + `f/b`	Move cursor to previous/next word
`Ctrl` + `a/e`	Move cursor to beginning/end of command
`Ctrl` + `xx`	Toggle between the start of line and current cursor position

Editing ✏️

Keybinding	Action
`Alt` + `.` or `!$`	Previous commands last argument
`Alt` + `c`	Capitalize word
`Alt` + `d`	Delete next word
`Alt` + `Del`	Delete previous word
`Alt` + `l/u`	Lowercase/Uppercase word
`Alt` + `r`	Cancel the changes, revert
`Alt` + `t`	Swap current word with previous
`Alt` + `w`	Delete until beginning (zsh)
`Ctrl` + `_`	Undo
`Ctrl` + `k`	Cut till end
`Ctrl` + `t`	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
`Ctrl` + `u`	Delete whole line (zsh)/ cut until beginning (bash)
`Ctrl` + `w`	Cut previous word
`Ctrl` + `x,e`	Open command in editor
`Ctrl` + `y`	Paste
`Esc` + `t`	Swap the last two words before the cursor
`!*`	All arguments of previous command

Process 📊

Keybinding	Action
`Ctrl` + `c`	Interrupt/Kill
`Ctrl` + `d`	Close current shell
`Ctrl` + `l`	Clear screen
`Ctrl` + `z`	Background/Foreground job

History ⏳

Keybinding	Action
`Ctrl` + `r`	History search
`Ctrl` + `s`	Go back to the next most recent command
`^abc^def`	Run previous command, replacing abc with def

Modes 🕹️

Keybinding	Action
`Ctrl` + `x,v`	vi mode (zsh)
`bindkey -e`	Emacs mode
`set -o vi` / `bindkey -v`	Vi mode

stobix commented Jun 22, 2023

I'd like to add how to get to the previous COMMAND .
Sure,
Ctrl+a takes me to the beginning of the line,
Ctrl+p takes me to the previous line,
but having a 100 line long command, none of the above helps me much in getting to the previous command easily.
It seems like:
ESC+< goes back to the actual beginning of the command buffer for zsh (or the first line of history if already at start of command), and ESC+> likewise goes to the end.
So to get to the previous command in a 100-line command case, use ESC+<, Ctrl+p instead of 100 x Ctrl+p
Feel free to verify that the same holds true for bash, anyone. :)

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