Bash Shell

Hotkeys

Navigation

CTRL + a move to beginning
CTRL + e move to end

ALT + f move forward by one word
ALT + b move backward by one word

CTRL + n down arrow
CTRL + p up arrow

Text Control

CTRL + k cut after cursor
CTRL + l clear
CTRL + u cut before cursor
CTRL + w cut word before cursor
CTRL + y paste
CTRL + _ undo typing
ALT + r undo changes made to command from history

Misc

CTRL + r backward search
CTRL + g leave search without running a command CTRL + j copy current matched command to cli without running it CTRL + s stop output
CTRL + q resume output
CTRL + d escape current shell or delete character under cursor
CTRL + t switch character before cursor with cursor

Functions

Change to the directory of the script:
cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
1. readlink -f "$0" determines the path of the current script ($0)
2. dirname converts the path of the script to its directory
3. cd changes the working directory to the directory it receives from dirname