Readline key mapping

Readline is the terminal library used by bash and other applications to manage the interactive command line interface. The default key mappings are shown here.

Keystrokes	Effect
Movement
Ctrla	Move cursor to start of line
Ctrle	Move cursor to end of line
Ctrlxx	Toggle cursor between current and previous positions
Altb	Move back to start of current/preceding word
Altf	Move forward to after end of current/next word
Ctrlb	Move back one character
Ctrlf	Move forward one character
Editing
Ctrlk	Delete to end of line
Ctrlu	Delete to start of line
Altd	Delete to end of word
Ctrlw	Delete back to start of word
Ctrld	Delete character at cursor — like Delete
Ctrlh	Delete character before cursor — like BackSpace
Ctrly	Paste
Altu	Uppercase to end of word
Altl	Lowercase to end of word
Altc	Capitalise to end of word
Altt	Swap word with previous
Ctrlt	Swap character with previous
Ctrlxe	Edit the line with $EDITOR
Ctrlxu	Undo the last edit operation
Ctrl_	Undo the last edit operation
Altr	Undo all edit operations
History
Ctrlr	Search iteratively back through history for substring
Ctrlr	Search iteratively back through history for substring
Ctrlg	Abort history search
Ctrlp	Previous history entry
Ctrln	Next history entry
Alt.	Insert last word of previous line
Miscellaneous
Ctrll	Clear terminal screen
Ctrlv	Escape following control sequence
Ctrlxv	Display bash version
Ctrlxr	Re-read .inputrc

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