Terminal (macOS)

Terminal / CLI

Line Navigation ▼

`CTRL`+`A`	Move cursor to beginning of line	mac
`CTRL`+`E`	Move cursor to end of line	mac
`⌥`+`F`	Move forward one word	mac
`⌥`+`B`	Move backward one word	mac
`CTRL`+`F`	Move forward one character	mac
`CTRL`+`B`	Move backward one character	mac

Editing ▼

`CTRL`+`K`	Delete from cursor to end of line	mac
`CTRL`+`U`	Delete from cursor to beginning of line	mac
`CTRL`+`W`	Delete word before cursor	mac
`⌥`+`D`	Delete word after cursor	mac
`CTRL`+`Y`	Paste (yank) last deleted text	mac
`CTRL`+`T`	Swap two characters before cursor	mac
`CTRL`+`L`	Clear screen	mac
`⌘`+`K`	Clear terminal scrollback buffer	mac

Process Control ▼

`CTRL`+`C`	Interrupt current process	mac
`CTRL`+`Z`	Suspend current process	mac
`CTRL`+`D`	EOF / exit current shell	mac
`CTRL`+`S`	Pause terminal output (XOFF)	mac
`CTRL`+`Q`	Resume terminal output (XON)	mac

History ▼

`CTRL`+`R`	Reverse search command history	mac
`Up / Down Arrow`	Navigate command history	mac
`CTRL`+`G`	Cancel history search (exit reverse-search)	mac
`CTRL`+`P`	Previous command (same as Up Arrow)	mac
`CTRL`+`N`	Next command (same as Down Arrow)	mac

Window & Tabs ▼

`⌘`+`T`	New tab	mac
`⌘`+`W`	Close tab	mac
`⌘`+`N`	New terminal window	mac
`⌘`+`⇧ Shift`+`]`	Next tab	mac
`⌘`+`⇧ Shift`+`[`	Previous tab	mac
`⌘`+`1–9`	Switch to tab by position	mac