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⤢ BASH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Kill Previou… E Ctrl Move to E… R Ctrl Reverse S… T Ctrl Transpose… Y Ctrl Yank U Ctrl Kill to Begi… I O Ctrl Operate an… P Ctrl Previous C… A Ctrl Move to B… S Ctrl Forward S… D Ctrl Delete Cha… F Alt Move Forw… G Ctrl Abort Curr… H J K Ctrl Kill to End… L Ctrl Clear Scre… Z X Ctrl Edit and Ex… C Alt Capitalize… V Ctrl Insert Next… B Alt Move Back… N Ctrl Next Com… M MORE SHORTCUTS Complete Tab Insert Last Argument… Alt . Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Move Forward One C… Ctrl F Move Back One Char… Ctrl B Undo Ctrl _ Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Yank Pop Alt Y List Possible Complet… Alt ? Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt # Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ) Call Last Keyboard M… Ctrl X › E shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX BASH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Move to B… Z E Ctrl Move to E… R Ctrl Reverse S… T Ctrl Transpose… Y Ctrl Yank U Ctrl Kill to Begi… I O Ctrl Operate an… P Ctrl Previous C… Q S Ctrl Forward S… D Ctrl Delete Cha… F Alt Move Forw… G Ctrl Abort Curr… H J K Ctrl Kill to End… L Ctrl Clear Scre… M W Ctrl Kill Previou… X Ctrl Edit and Ex… C Alt Capitalize… V Ctrl Insert Next… B Alt Move Back… N Ctrl Next Com… MORE SHORTCUTS Complete Tab Insert Last Argument… Alt . Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Move Forward One C… Ctrl F Move Back One Char… Ctrl B Undo Ctrl _ Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Yank Pop Alt Y List Possible Complet… Alt ? Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt # Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ) Call Last Keyboard M… Ctrl X › E shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX ⤢ KILLING & YANKING Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Yank Pop (Rotate Kill Ring) Alt Y COMPLETION Complete Tab List Possible Completions Alt ? MACROS Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ) Call Last Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › E HISTORY Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in History Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of Prev… Alt . Forward Search History Ctrl S Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Operate and Get Next Ctrl O CONTROL Edit and Execute Command… Ctrl X › Ctrl E Abort Current Command Ctrl G Undo Ctrl _ Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt # MOVING Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L Move Forward One Character Ctrl F Move Back One Character Ctrl B EDITING Delete Character at Cursor Ctrl D Transpose Characters Ctrl T Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Capitalize Word Alt C Insert Next Character Verba… Ctrl V Bash KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 39 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX ⤢ KILLING & YANKING 07 Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of… Ctrl U Kill Previous Word Ctrl W Yank Ctrl Y Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Yank Pop Alt Y COMPLETION 02 Complete Tab List Possible Complet… Alt ? MACROS 03 Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ) Call Last Keyboard Ma… Ctrl X › E HISTORY 08 Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in H… Ctrl P Next Command in Histo… Ctrl N Insert Last Argument… Alt . Forward Search History Ctrl S Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Operate and Get Next Ctrl O CONTROL 05 Edit and Execute Comm… Ctrl X › Ctrl E Abort Current Command Ctrl G Undo Ctrl _ Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt # MOVING 07 Move to Beginning of… Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L Move Forward One Char… Ctrl F Move Back One Charact… Ctrl B EDITING 07 Delete Character at C… Ctrl D Transpose Characters Ctrl T Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Capitalize Word Alt C Insert Next Character… Ctrl V Bash KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 39 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX ⤢ BASH · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Linux · 7 SETS · No.01 BASH TOTAL 39 SHORTCUTS FOR LINUX · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MOVING 07 HISTORY 08 KILLING & YAN 07 COMPLETION 02 EDITING 07 CONTROL 05 MACROS 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L Move Forward One Character Ctrl F Move Back One Character Ctrl B Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in History Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of Previous Command Alt . Forward Search History Ctrl S Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Operate and Get Next Ctrl O Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word (Whitespace) Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Yank Pop (Rotate Kill Ring) Alt Y Complete Tab List Possible Completions Alt ? Delete Character at Cursor Ctrl D Transpose Characters Ctrl T Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Capitalize Word Alt C Insert Next Character Verbatim Ctrl V Edit and Execute Command in Editor Ctrl X › Ctrl E Abort Current Command Ctrl G Undo Ctrl _ Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt # Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › ) Call Last Keyboard Macro Ctrl X › E BASH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Kill Previou… E Ctrl Move to E… R Ctrl Reverse S… T Y Ctrl Yank U Ctrl Kill to Begi… I O P Ctrl Previous C… A Ctrl Move to B… S D F Alt Move Forw… G H J K Ctrl Kill to End… L Ctrl Clear Scre… Z X C V B Alt Move Back… N Ctrl Next Com… M MORE SHORTCUTS Complete Tab Insert Last Argument… Alt . shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX Keyboard map MOVING Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L COMPLETION Complete Tab HISTORY Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in History Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of Previou… Alt . KILLING & YANKING Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word (Whitespace) Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Bash KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX Isometric MOVING 05 Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L COMPLETION 01 Complete Tab HISTORY 04 Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in Hist… Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of… Alt . KILLING & YANKING 04 Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Bash KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · LINUX · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH BASH · LINUX Typewriter BASH · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Linux · 4 SETS · No.01 BASH TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR LINUX · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MOVING 05 HISTORY 04 KILLING & YAN 04 COMPLETION 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in History Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of Previous Command Alt . Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word (Whitespace) Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Complete Tab Editorial Bash is the ubiquitous Unix shell that interprets commands and scripts at the heart of Linux and macOS terminals. Its line-editing shortcuts for moving the cursor, clearing the line, and recalling history make working at the prompt dramatically faster.
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All Bash keyboard shortcuts (Linux)
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8 Action Shortcut Reverse Search History Ctrl R Previous Command in History Ctrl P Next Command in History Ctrl N Insert Last Argument of Previous Command Alt . Forward Search History Ctrl S Beginning of History Alt < End of History Alt > Operate and Get Next Ctrl O
7 Action Shortcut Move to Beginning of Line Ctrl A Move to End of Line Ctrl E Move Forward One Word Alt F Move Back One Word Alt B Clear Screen Ctrl L Move Forward One Character Ctrl F Move Back One Character Ctrl B
7 Action Shortcut Delete Character at Cursor Ctrl D Transpose Characters Ctrl T Transpose Words Alt T Uppercase Word Alt U Lowercase Word Alt L Capitalize Word Alt C Insert Next Character Verbatim Ctrl V
7 Action Shortcut Kill to End of Line Ctrl K Kill to Beginning of Line Ctrl U Kill Previous Word (Whitespace) Ctrl W Yank (Paste Killed Text) Ctrl Y Kill Word Forward Alt D Kill Word Backward Alt Bksp Yank Pop (Rotate Kill Ring) Alt Y
5 Action Shortcut Edit and Execute Command in Editor Ctrl X then Ctrl E Abort Current Command Ctrl G Undo Ctrl _ Revert Line Alt R Insert Comment Alt #
3 Action Shortcut Start Keyboard Macro Ctrl X then ( End Keyboard Macro Ctrl X then ) Call Last Keyboard Macro Ctrl X then E
2 Action Shortcut Complete Tab List Possible Completions Alt ?
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Does the poster include every Bash shortcut? Bash has 39 keyboard shortcuts on Linux — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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