# Bash CTRL Keys Cheat Sheet For Linux and Unix Terminal

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740
**Category:** Scripts, Tutorials & Tips
**Created:** [November 30, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740 "2021-11-30T23:47:35Z")
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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740/1 "2021-11-30T23:47:35Z")

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Found on reddit.

 ![bash_cheat_sheet](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b04b85038b96c6da4c9f2f9045c24d5bcfd5f858.png)

I use Ctrl + r, Ctrl + l and Ctrl + d a lot.

And I hate Ctrl + s - always hit it by mistake. Good to remember Ctrl + q in that case.

Whats your favorites?

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### Author: ![LiquidSky](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@LiquidSky](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/LiquidSky)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740/2 "2021-11-30T23:54:59Z")

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I use Ctrl + a and Ctrl + e a lot, especially if I forget to begin with “sudo”.

I just noticed Ctrl + c isn’t listed, unless it’s the same as Ctrl + s.

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### Author: ![napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/napcok/32/410_2.png) [@napcok](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/napcok)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740/3 "2021-12-01T00:51:58Z")

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No Ctrl+C is not the same as Ctrl+s  
Ctrl+C is for killing process running in the terminal, while Ctrl+S just stop all output to the screen.

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### Author: ![LiquidSky](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@LiquidSky](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/LiquidSky)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740/4 "2021-12-01T02:06:22Z")

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Speaking of bash, the cli way to clear bash\_history is:

```auto
history -c && history -w

```

I found this on DistroWatch some time ago and made note of it.

Jesse wrote:

- To both wipe the contents of your shell’s history from memory and from the .bash\_history file you need to first clear your history from memory and then write the blank history to disk. To do this you can run: history -c && history -w

- Some people might be wondering why those two commands cannot simply be combined, using “history -cw”. I haven’t looked into the details as to why this doesn’t work, but I can confirm it will not have the desired effect. Perhaps it is a bug or the history command may write its memory to disk before wiping memory. Either way, be sure to split the history purge commands into two parts as shown above.

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### Author: ![lobaluna](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/lobaluna/32/640_2.png) [@lobaluna](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/lobaluna)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/bash-ctrl-keys-cheat-sheet-for-linux-and-unix-terminal/740/5 "2023-12-16T21:03:19Z")

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I see that `C-r` now has history search (`fzf`) superpowers, and `C-t` has changed to a file search with superpowers (`fzf`).

My favorites are C-a and C-e 😅