General Bash-ery

Ctrl + a, move to the beginning of the line

'Ctrl + e', move to the end of the line * Ctrl + k, Cut the Line after the cursor to the clipboard. * Ctrl + u, Cut the Line before the cursor to the clipboard. * Ctrl + y, paste last value in clipboard * Meta + y, cycle through previous values in clipboard === Command Line Search === Use Ctrl-r to reverse search command history and Ctrl+s to forward search <code bash> stty -ixon # enabled forward search with Ctrl+s by disabling XON/XOFF flow control </code> ===== Command Line Editing ===== * export EDITOR=/bin/vi to make vi the default editor * Ctrl+x+e to edit current command in default text editor. * Opens the current command line in the default editor. For vi you can exit with :cq to cancel the command. * fc'', fixed command opens the last command in the editor