Shortcuts

Question 1

Move to beginning of line

Answer 1

CTRL+A

Question 2

Moves bacward one character

Answer 2

CTRL+B

Question 3

Deletes one character backward or logs out of current sesion, similar to exit

Answer 3

CTRL+D

Question 4

moves to end of line

Answer 4

CTRL+E

Question 5

aborts the current editing command and ring the terminal bell

Answer 5

CTRL+G

Question 6

Same as RETURN

Answer 6

CTRL+J, CTRL+M

Question 7

deletes (KILL) forward to end of line

Answer 7

CTRL+K

Question 8

clears the screen and redisplay the line

Answer 8

CTRL+L

Question 9

next line in command history

Answer 9

CTRL+N

Question 10

Samee as RETURN, then displays next line in history file

Answer 10

CTRL+O

Question 11

previous line in command history

Answer 11

CTRL+P

Question 12

searches backward

Answer 12

CTRL+R

Question 13

searches forward

Answer 13

CTRL+S

Question 14

transposes two characters

Answer 14

CTRL+T

Question 15

kills backward from point to the beginning of line

Answer 15

CTRL+U

Question 16

makes the next character typed verbatim

Answer 16

CTRL+V

Question 17

kills the word behind the cursor

Answer 17

CTRL+W

Question 18

lists the possible filename completions of the current word

Answer 18

CTRL+X

Question 19

retrieves (yank) last item killed

Answer 19

CTRL+Y

Question 20

stops the current command, resume with fg in the foreground or bg in the background

Answer 20

CTRL+Z

Question 21

moves backward one word

Answer 21

ALT+B

Question 22

deletes next word

Answer 22

ALT+D

Question 23

moves forward one word

Answer 23

ALT+F

Question 24

deletes one character backward

Answer 24

DELETE

Question 25

repeats the last command

Answer 25

!!

Question 26

logs out the current sesion

Answer 26

exit

Question 27

halts the current command

Answer 27

CTRL+C