==== Bash ==== 1 character ----------- - ``C-f`` (``forward-char``) - ``C-b`` (``backward-char``) - ``C-d`` (``delete-char``) delete character at point - ```` (``backward-delete-char``) delete the character behind (before) the cursor 2 completion ------------ - ```` (``complete``) - ``M-?`` (``possible-completions``) list possible completions - ``M-*`` (``insert-completions``) insert all completions generated by ``M-?`` - ``M-/`` (``complete-filename``) - ``C-x /`` (``possible-filename-completions``) - ``M-!`` (``complete-command``) - ``C-x !`` (``possible-command-completions``) - ``M-`` (``dynamic-complete-history``) 3 history --------- - ``C-p`` (``previous-history``) - ``C-n`` (``next-history``) - ``C-r`` (``reverse-search-history``) - ``C-s`` (``forward-search-history``) - ``M-C-y`` (``yank-nth-arg``) insert the first argument from the previous command - ``M-1 M-C-y`` insert the second argument from the previous command - ``M-.`` (``yank-last-arg``) insert the last argument from the previous command - ``M-1 M-.`` insert the second to last from the previous command 4 line ------ - ``C-a`` (``beginning-of-line``) - ``C-e`` (``end-of-line``) - ``C-k`` (``kill-line``) kill from the point to the end of the line - ``C-x `` (``backward-kill-line``) kill from the point to the beginning of the line 5 misc ------ - ``C-l`` (``clear-screen``) - (``redraw-current-line``) - ``C-x C-r`` (``re-read-init-file``) - ``C-g`` (``abort``) abort the current editing command and ring the terminal bell - ``C-x C-u`` (``undo``) incremental undo per line - ``C-x C-v`` (``display-shell-version``) 6 Startup Files --------------- - ``.bash_profile`` is for a login-shell. Commands that need to run only once go in this file (eg. setting paths) - ``.bashrc`` is for a non-login-shell. Commands that should run every time when ``bash`` is called go in this file. (eg. abbreviations and custom functions) 7 word ------ - ``M-f`` (``forward-word``) - ``M-b`` (``backward-word``) - ``M-d`` (``kill-word``) kill from the point to the end of the current (or next) word - ``M-`` (``backward-kill-word``) kill the word behind point