A collection of bash shortcuts that I tend to forget. (Why do I still use ctrl + s as my tmux leader key?)
Mostly applies to zsh as well.
Source (slightly adapted and WIP): https://gist.github.com/tuxfight3r/60051ac67c5f0445efee
non-bash-specific
| key combo | action |
|---|
| ctrl + s | suspend output |
| ctrl + q | resume output |
| ctrl + c | kill running process |
| ctrl + l | clear screen |
| ctrl + z | background current process |
movement
| key combo | action |
|---|
| ctrl + a | go to beginning of line |
| ctrl + e | go to end of line |
| ctrl + b | back one char |
| ctrl + f | forward one char |
| alt + b | back one word |
| alt + f | forward one word |
| ctrl + xx | toggle between line start and current position |
editing
| key combo | action |
|---|
| ctrl + d | delete char under cursor |
| ctrl + h | delete char before cursor |
| ctrl + u | cut before cursor |
| ctrl + k | cut after cursor |
| ctrl + w | delete word before cursor |
| alt + d | delete word after cursor |
| ctrl + y | paste |
| ctrl + _ | undo |
| alt + backspace | delete previous word |
| ctrl + t | swap last two chars before cursor |
| esc + t | swap last two words before cursor |
history
| key combo | action |
|---|
| alt + < | move to first line in history |
| alt + > | move to last line in history |
| ctrl + r | reverse search history |
| ctrl + p | fetch previous command (up arrow) |
| ctrl + n | fetch next command (down arrow) |
| !! | last command in history |
| !vi | last command beginning with vi |
| !vi:p | print last command beginning with vi |
| !n | execute nth command in history |
| !$ | last argument of last command |
| !^ | first argument of last command |
| ^abc^xyz | replace first occurrence of abc with xyz in last command and execute |