Terminal Shortcuts

The following shortcuts work in terminals such as Bash, Zsh, and Fish. The <C- syntax means Ctrl + key.

Shortcut	Purpose
Tab	Autocomplete
<C-c>	Break process and terminate current program
<C-z>	Suspend program and return focus to shell
<C-d>	Logout / close SSH connection
<C-l>	Clear terminal screen
<C-a>	Move cursor to the beginning of line
<C-e>	Move cursor to the end of the line
<C-u>	Delete text from current cursor to beginning of line
<C-k>	Delete text from current cursor to end of line
<C-w>	Delete word preceding current cursor position
<C-y>	Paste any deleted text from other <C- commands
<C-p>	View previous command
<C-n>	View next command