Commandline Cheatsheet

Keystroke	What It Does
`C-a`	Move to beginning of line
`C-e`	Move to end of line
`C-k`	Delete from current position to end of line
`C-u`	Delete from current position to beginning of line
`Esc-b` `Esc-leftarrow` `Alt-b`	Move cursor backward to previous word
`Esc-f` `Esc-rightarrow` `Alt-f`	Move cursor forward to beginning of next word
`C-l`	Clear the screen
`C-c`	Cancel the current command
`C-w`	Delete previous word
`Esc-d` `Alt-d`	Delete next word

Using History

Command	Example	What It Does
`history`	`history`	Display the history of commands
`!!`	`!!`	Expand to the last command
`!`n	`!51`	Expand to command numbered 51 in history
`!`word	`!ssh`	Expand to last command starting with keyword `ssh`
`!?`word`?`	`!?commit?`	Expand to last command which includes the keyword `commit`
`^`oldword`^`newword	`^commt^commit`	Replace `commt` in the last command with `commit`
`!!:^`	`!!:^` or `!!:1`	Expand to first argument of previous command
`!!:$`	`!!:$`	Expand to last argument of previous command
`!!:*`	`!!:*`	Expand to all arguments of previous command

Keystroke	What It Does
`C-r`	Start interactive search of command history, or move to next matching result
`C-s`	Move to previous matching result (needs `stty -ixon` to disable `C-s` from freezing terminal)
`C-g`	Cancel interactive search