Table B-10. emacs mode commands
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Command
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Meaning
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CTRL-A
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Move to beginning of line
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CTRL-B
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Move backward one character
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CTRL-D
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Delete one character forward
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CTRL-E
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Move to end of line
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CTRL-F
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Move forward one character
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CTRL-G
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Abort the current editing command and ring the terminal bell
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CTRL-J
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Same as RETURN
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CTRL-K
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Delete (kill) forward to end of line
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CTRL-L
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Clear screen and redisplay the line
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CTRL-M
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Same as RETURN
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CTRL-N
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Next line in command history
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CTRL-O
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Same as RETURN, then display next line in history file
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CTRL-P
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Previous line in command history
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CTRL-R
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Search backward
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CTRL-S
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Search forward
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CTRL-T
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Transpose two characters
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CTRL-U
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Kill backward from point to the beginning of line
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CTRL-V
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Make the next character typed verbatim
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CTRL-V TAB
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Insert a TAB
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CTRL-W
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Kill the word behind the cursor, using whitespace as the boundary
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CTRL-X /
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List the possible filename completions of the current word
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CTRL-X ~
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List the possible username completions of the current word
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CTRL-X $
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List the possible shell variable completions of the current word
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CTRL-X @
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List the possible hostname completions of the current word
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CTRL-X !
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List the possible command name completions of the current word
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CTRL-X (
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Begin saving characters into the current keyboard macro
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CTRL-X )
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Stop saving characters into the current keyboard macro
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CTRL-X e
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Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined
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CTRL-X CTRL-R
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Read in the contents of the readline
initialization file
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CTRL-X CTRL-V
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Display version information on this instance of
bash
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CTRL-Y
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Retrieve (yank) last item killed
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DEL
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Delete one character backward
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CTRL-[
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Same as ESC (most keyboards)
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ESC-B
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Move one word backward
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ESC-C
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Change word after point to all capital letters
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ESC-D
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Delete one word forward
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ESC-F
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Move one word forward
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ESC-L
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Change word after point to all lowercase letters
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ESC-N
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Non-incremental forward search
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ESC-P
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Non-incremental reverse search
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ESC-R
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Undo all the changes made to this line
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ESC-T
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Transpose two words
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ESC-U
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Change word after point to all uppercase letters
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ESC-CTRL-E
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Perform shell alias, history, and word expansion on the line
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ESC-CTRL-H
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Delete one word backward
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ESC-CTRL-Y
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Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually the second
word) at point
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ESC-DEL
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Delete one word backward
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ESC-^
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Perform history expansion on the line
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ESC-<
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Move to first line of history file
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ESC->
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Move to last line of history file
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ESC-.
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Insert last word in previous command line after point
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ESC-_
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Same as above
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TAB
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Attempt filename completion on current word
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ESC-?
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List the possible completions of the text before point
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ESC-/
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Attempt filename completion on current word
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ESC-~
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Attempt username completion on current word
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ESC-$
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Attempt variable completion on current word
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ESC-@
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Attempt hostname completion on current word
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ESC-!
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Attempt command name completion on current word
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ESC-TAB
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Attempt completion from text in the command history
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ESC-~
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Attempt tilde expansion on the current word
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ESC-\
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Delete all the spaces and TABs around point
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ESC-*
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Insert all of the completions that would be generated by ESC-= before
point
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ESC-=
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List the possible completions before point
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ESC-{
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Attempt filename completion and return the list to the shell enclosed
within braces
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