| Keybindings |
Description |
Notes |
| Ctrl+Shift+Backspace |
Delete line left |
Doesn't work on Linux, Mac and Windows |
| Ctrl+Shift+Delete |
Delete line right |
Doesn't work on Mac |
| Ctrl+C |
Emit SIGINT or close the readline instance |
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| Ctrl+H |
Delete left |
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| Ctrl+D |
Delete right or close the readline instance in case the current line is empty / EOF |
Doesn't work on Windows |
| Ctrl+U |
Delete from the current position to the line start |
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| Ctrl+K |
Delete from the current position to the end of line |
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| Ctrl+A |
Go to start of line |
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| Ctrl+E |
Go to to end of line |
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| Ctrl+B |
Back one character |
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| Ctrl+F |
Forward one character |
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| Ctrl+L |
Clear screen |
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| Ctrl+N |
Next history item |
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| Ctrl+P |
Previous history item |
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| Ctrl+Z |
Moves running process into background. Type
fg and press Enter
to return. |
Doesn't work on Windows |
| Ctrl+W or Ctrl
+Backspace |
Delete backward to a word boundary |
Ctrl+Backspace Doesn't
work on Linux, Mac and Windows |
| Ctrl+Delete |
Delete forward to a word boundary |
Doesn't work on Mac |
| Ctrl+Left arrow or
Meta+B |
Word left |
Ctrl+Left arrow Doesn't work
on Mac |
| Ctrl+Right arrow or
Meta+F |
Word right |
Ctrl+Right arrow Doesn't work
on Mac |
| Meta+D or Meta
+Delete |
Delete word right |
Meta+Delete Doesn't work
on windows |
| Meta+Backspace |
Delete word left |
Doesn't work on Mac |