Linux: Bash Cheat Sheet - A quick cheatsheet for beginners, with examples

`ALT+A`	Go to the beginning of a line.
`ALT+B`	Move one character before the cursor.
`ALT+C`	Suspends the running command/process.
`ALT+D`	Closes the empty Terminal (I.e it closes the Terminal when there is nothing typed). It also deletes all characters after the cursor.
`ALT+F`	Move forward one character.
`ALT+T`	Swaps the last two words.
`ALT+U`	Capitalize all characters in a word after the cursor.
`ALT+L`	Uncapitalize all characters in a word after the cursor.
`ALT+R`	Undo any changes to a command that you have brought from the history if you’ve edited it.

`CTRL+A`	Quickly move to the beginning of the line.
`CTRL+B`	To move backward one character.
`CTRL+C`	Stop the currently running command.
`CTRL+D`	Delete one character backward.
`CTRL+E`	Move to the end of the line.
`CTRL+F`	Move forward one character.
`CTRL+G`	Leave the history searching mode without running the command.
`CTRL+H`	Delete the characters before the cursor, the same as Backspace.
`CTRL+J`	Same as Enter/ Return key.
`CTRL+K`	Delete all characters after the cursor.
`CTRL+L`	Clears the screen and redisplay the line.
`CTRL+M`	Same as CTRL+J or RETURN.
`CTRL+N`	Display the next line in the command history.
`CTRL+O`	Run the command that you found using reverse search i.e CTRL+R.
`CTRL+P`	Displays the previous line in the command history.
`CTRL+R`	Searches the history backward (Reverse search).
`CTRL+S`	Searches the history forward.
`CTRL+T`	Swaps the last two characters.
`CTRL+U`	Delete all characters before the cursor (Kills backward from point to the beginning of the line).
`CTRL+V`	Makes the next character typed verbatim.
`CTRL+W`	Delete the words before the cursor.
`CTRL+X`	Lists the possible filename completions of the current word.
`CTRL+XX`	Move between the start of the command line and the current cursor position (and back again).
`CTRL+Y`	Retrieves the last item that you deleted or cut.
`CTRL+Z`	Stops the current command.
`CTRL+[`	Equivalent to ESC key.

`!!`	Repeat last command
`!name`	Run the last command starting with ‘name’
`!name:p`	Print the last command starting with ‘name’
`!$`	Last argument of the previous command
`ALT-.`	Last argument of the previous command
`!*`	All arguments of the previous command
`^name^another`	Run the previous command, replacing ‘name’ with ‘another’

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