13 Linux Terminal Shortcuts Every Power Linux User Must Know

Prathap
1 min readOct 22, 2022

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Ctrl + C :

Kill the current foreground process running in terminal.

Ctrl + Z:

Suspend the current foreground process running in terminal.

Ctrl + D :

Delete the character at the cursor location.

Ctrl + L :

Clears the screen just like clear command.

Ctrl + A :

Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.

Ctrl + E :

Move the cursor to the end of the line.

Ctrl + U :

Erases the complete line.

Ctrl + K :

Erase the part of the line after the cursor.

Ctrl + W :

Erase the word before the cursor.

Ctrl + Y :

Paste the last thing you cut from the clipboard.

Ctrl + P :

Go to the previous command in the command history.

Ctrl + N :

Go to the next command in the command history.

Ctrl + R :

Search for a command in command history.

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