Useful Bash shortcuts

Movement

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+ `a`	Move to the start of the line
`Ctrl` + `e`	Move to the end of the line
`Ctrl` + `b`	Move back one character
`Alt` + `b`	Move back one word
`Ctrl` + `f`	Move forward one character
`Alt` + `f`	Move forward one word
`Ctrl` + `]` + `x`	Move the cursor forward to next occurance of x
`Alt` + `Ctrl` + `]` + `x`	Move the cursor backward to the next occurance of x

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl-u	Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl-k	Delete from the cursor to the end of the line
Esc Backspace	Delete back a word
Alt-d	Delete forward a word
Alt-r	Undo all changes to the line
Ctrl-y	Paste any text deleted with previous shortcuts
Ctrl-e Esc-t	Swap order of the last two arguments

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl-x Ctrl-u	Undo the last change to the line
Ctrl-r	Incremental reverse search of history
Alt-p	Non-incremental reverse search of history
Ctrl-L	Clear the screen (doesn't wipe current line)
!!	Execute last command in history
!abc	Execute last command in history beginning with abc
!n	Execute nth command in history
!$	Last argument of previous command
!^	First argument of previous command
^abc^xyz	Replace first occurance of abc with xyz in previous command and execute it
Alt-.	Paste last word from previous command after cursor position (repeat to cycle through previous commands)

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