Bash

Editing Commands

• Alt + f: Forward (right) one word

• Alt + b: Back (left) one word

• Ctrl + u: Cut/delete the Line before the cursor to the clipboard

• Ctrl + k: Cut the Line after the cursor to the clipboard

• Ctrl + w: Cut the Word before the cursor to the clipboard

• Alt + d: Delete the Word after the cursor

• Alt + Del: Delete the Word before the cursor.

• Ctrl + y: Paste the last thing that was cut

History Commands

• Ctrl + r: searches the command history as you type

• Ctrl + p: Previous command in the search result of Ctrl + r

• Ctrl + n: Next command in the search result of Ct rl + r

• Alt + . or !$: Reuse the last argument of previous command

• !*: All arguments of previous command

• !!: Repeat previous command

• !blah: Run last/most recent command that starts with blah

• !blah:p: Print last command starting with blah

• ^blah: Delete blah from previous command

• ^blah^foo: Replace blah with foo in previous command

  To retain history across sessions, you need to add the PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a ~/.bash_history' to your .bash_profile then close and reopen all bash sessions

  echo "PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a ~/.bash_history'" >> ~/.bash_profile