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Mac Terminal Shortcuts

A list of useful terminal shortcuts for macOS. Some obscure shortcuts like capitalizing words are purposely omitted.

Note: To use the Alt Key Shortcuts in macOS:

Open Terminal > Preferences > Profiles Tab > Keyboard Tab > Check "Use option as meta key"

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + E	Move cursor to end of the line
Ctrl + A	Move cursor to start of the line
Ctrl + F	Move cursor one character forward
Ctrl + B	Move cursor one character backward
Alt + F / Alt + Right	Move cursor one word forward
Alt + B / Alt + Left	Move cursor one word backward
Alt + Click	Move cursor to clicked character
Ctrl + XX	Toggle between the start of line and cursor position

Commands with "Cut" will add the cut portion to the clipboard.

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + L	Clears the screen
Ctrl + D	Delete character under the cursor
Ctrl + H	Delete character before the cursor
Ctrl + K	Cut everything from the cursor to end of the line
Ctrl + W / Alt + Backspace	Cut the current word before the cursor
Alt + D	Delete the word after the cursor
Ctrl + U	Cut the line before the cursor
Ctrl + Y	Paste the previous cut text
Ctrl + _	Undo your last key press. You can repeat this to undo multiple times
Ctrl + T	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T	Swap the last two words before the cursor

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + P	Previous command
Ctrl + R	Next command
Ctrl + S	Forward search
Ctrl + R	Reverse search
Ctrl + O	End search and execute command
Ctrl + G	Abort search (restores original line)

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + C	Kills current task (SIGINT)
Ctrl + D	Inserts an EOF
Ctrl + Z	Pauses current task
Ctrl + S	Stop output to the screen (for long running verbose commands)
Ctrl + Q	Allow output to the screen (if previously stopped using stop output command)

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