Unix Control Keys

Here is a quick guide to some of the unix control characters. The missing ones are like that because I don't know what they do yet. They are all very handy though. character what it does ctrl-A go to the start of the current line ctrl-B go back 1 character ctrl-C Send TERM signal to current application ctrl-D Send EOF signal to current app ctrl-E go to the end of current line ctrl-F go forwards 1 character clrl-G   clrl-I   clrl-J seems to do the same as Enter? clrl-K   clrl-L clear screen / redraw screen clrl-M   clrl-N go to next line clrl-O seems to do the same as Enter? ctrl-P go to previous line ctrl-Q   ctrl-R reverse-i-search ctrl-S Send SUSPEND signal to current terminal - usually pressed by mistake. Use ctrl-S to get out of this. ctrl-T reverse last 2 characters ctrl-U   ctrl-V allows you to enter ctrl characters as input. Use this then use Ctrl-C to input the ^C character to an application. ctrl-W delete the previous word ctrl-X   ctrl-Y yank ctrl-Z Send PAUSE signal to current app ctrl-INS copy shift-INS paste TAB Autocomplete the current line

Posted: 6th May 2003