Tab: Automatically complete the file, directory, or command you’re typing.įor example, if you have a file named really_long_file_name in /home/chris/ and it’s the only file name starting with “r” in that directory, you can type /home/chris/r, press Tab, and bash will automatically fill in /home/chris/really_long_file_name for you.

If not, bash will show you various possible matches and you can continue typing and pressing Tab to finish typing. While typing a file, directory, or command name, press Tab and bash will automatically complete what you’re typing, if possible. Tab completion is a very useful bash feature. RELATED: Use Tab Completion to Type Commands Faster on Any Operating System Your cursor will move to the end of the current word. Alt+C: Capitalize the character under the cursor.Alt+L: Uncapitalize every character from the cursor to the end of the current word, converting the characters to lower case.

Alt+U: Capitalize every character from the cursor to the end of the current word, converting the characters to upper case.The bash shell can quickly convert characters to upper or lower case: Ctrl+Y: Paste the last thing you cut from the clipboard.Ctrl+U: Cut the part of the line before the cursor, adding it to the clipboard.Ctrl+K: Cut the part of the line after the cursor, adding it to the clipboard.Ctrl+W: Cut the word before the cursor, adding it to the clipboard.You can repeat this to undo multiple times.īash includes some basic cut-and-paste features. You can use this to quickly fix typos when you type two characters in the wrong order. Ctrl+T: Swap the last two characters before the cursor with each other.Alt+T: Swap the current word with the previous word.These shortcuts allow you to fix typos and undo your key presses. Ctrl+H or Backspace: Delete the character before the cursor.Alt+D: Delete all characters after the cursor on the current line.Ctrl+D or Delete: Delete the character under the cursor.Use the following shortcuts to quickly delete characters: To use this shortcut, hold the Ctrl key and tap the X key twice. This allows you to press Ctrl+XX to return to the start of the line, change something, and then press Ctrl+XX to go back to your original cursor position. Ctrl+XX: Move between the beginning of the line and the current position of the cursor.Ctrl+F: Go right (forward) one character.

Ctrl+E or End: Go to the end of the line.Ctrl+A or Home: Go to the beginning of the line.Use the following shortcuts to quickly move the cursor around the current line while typing a command. Ctrl+Q: Resume output to the screen after stopping it with Ctrl+S.This is particularly useful when running commands with a lot of long, verbose output, but you don’t want to stop the command itself with Ctrl+C. Ctrl+S: Stop all output to the screen.This is similar to running the “clear” command. The following shortcuts allow you to control what appears on the screen. RELATED: How Linux Signals Work: SIGINT, SIGTERM, and SIGKILL Controlling the Screen This is similar to running the exit command. This sends an EOF (End-of-file) marker to bash, and bash exits when it receives this marker. To return the process to the foreground later, use the fg process_name command.

This sends the SIGTSTP signal to the process.

Ctrl+Z: Suspend the current foreground process running in bash.

This sends the SIGINT signal to the process, which is technically just a request-most processes will honor it, but some may ignore it.

Ctrl+C: Interrupt (kill) the current foreground process running in in the terminal.

Use the following shortcuts to manage running processes.

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