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Show History Show Terminal: Command Meaning

This document lists 16 keyboard shortcuts for navigating and editing commands in a terminal or command line interface. Shortcuts include moving the cursor (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Esc+B, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+F, Esc+F), deleting text (Backspace, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+W), redisplaying/erasing lines (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+U), and completing commands (Tab). Additional shortcuts show the command history (Ctrl+P, Ctrl+N, show history) and configure the terminal settings.

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Show History Show Terminal: Command Meaning

This document lists 16 keyboard shortcuts for navigating and editing commands in a terminal or command line interface. Shortcuts include moving the cursor (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E, Esc+B, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+F, Esc+F), deleting text (Backspace, Ctrl+D, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+W), redisplaying/erasing lines (Ctrl+R, Ctrl+U), and completing commands (Tab). Additional shortcuts show the command history (Ctrl+P, Ctrl+N, show history) and configure the terminal settings.

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Command Meaning

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Ctrl+P or Up
Ctrl+N or Down
show history
show terminal

arrow Shows last command entered


arrow Shows previous commands entered
Shows last 10 commands entered by default
Shows terminal configurations and history buffer size
terminal history size Changes buffer size (the maximum is

256)

5. Ctrl+A
6. Ctrl+E
7. Esc+B
8. Ctrl+B
9. Ctrl+F
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Esc+F
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Ctrl+D
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Backspace
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Ctrl+R
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Ctrl+U
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Ctrl+W
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Ctrl+Z

Moves your cursor to the beginning of the line


Moves your cursor to the end of the line
Moves back one word
Moves back one character
Moves forward one character
Moves forward one word
Deletes a single character
Deletes a single character
Redisplays a line
Erases a line
Erases a word
Ends configuration mode and returns to EXEC mode
Tab Finishes typing a command for you

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