Command Line Cheatsheet

Table of Contents

• Cursor Movement
• Fixing Mistakes
• Killing, Pausing & Resuming
• Navigating the Filesystem
• Command History

##Cursor Movement

Command		Action
left-arrow	:	Goes left, one character at a time
right-arrow	:	Goes right, one character at a time
control-a	:	Goes to the beginning of the line
control-e	:	Goes to the end of the line
control-xx	:	Toggle between start of line and current cursor position

###Fixing Mistakes

Command		Action
delete	:	Erase one character at a time
control-w	:	Erase one word at at time
control-u	:	Erase the whole line from the cursor to the prompt
control-d	:	Erase the next character forward
control-h	:	Erase the previous character forward, same as delete
control-k	:	Erase to the end of the line
control-y	:	Paste the last deleted character, word or line

###Killing Pausing and Resuming

Command		Action
control-c	:	Kills any running process
control-z	:	Suspends any program
fg	:	Foreground, will resume a suspending program

###History

Command		Action
up-arrow	:	Shows the previous command excuted
down-arrow	:	Shows the next command excuted, if any
control-p	:	Shows the previous command excuted
control-n	:	Shows the next command excuted, if any