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Readline Shortcut

Meta+B means press Esc and n separately.
Users can change that in terminal simulator(i.e. iTerm2) to Alt+B
Notice: Meta+B is equals with Alt+B in windows.

  • Shortcut in normal mode
Shortcut Comment
Ctrl+A Beginning of line
Ctrl+B / Backward one character
Meta+B Backward one word
Ctrl+C Send io.EOF
Ctrl+D Delete one character
Meta+D Delete one word
Ctrl+E End of line
Ctrl+F / Forward one character
Meta+F Forward one word
Ctrl+G Cancel
Ctrl+H Delete previous character
Ctrl+I / Tab Command line completion
Ctrl+J Line feed
Ctrl+K Cut text to the end of line
Ctrl+L Clear screen
Ctrl+M Same as Enter key
Ctrl+N / Next line (in history)
Ctrl+P / Prev line (in history)
Ctrl+R Search backwards in history
Ctrl+S Search forwards in history
Ctrl+T Transpose characters
Meta+T Transpose words (TODO)
Ctrl+U Cut text to the beginning of line
Ctrl+W Cut previous word
Backspace Delete previous character
Meta+Backspace Cut previous word
Enter Line feed
  • Shortcut in Search Mode (Ctrl+S or Ctrl+r to enter this mode)
Shortcut Comment
Ctrl+S Search forwards in history
Ctrl+R Search backwards in history
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+G Exit Search Mode and revert the history
Backspace Delete previous character
Other Exit Search Mode
  • Shortcut in Complete Select Mode (double Tab to enter this mode)
Shortcut Comment
Ctrl+F Move Forward
Ctrl+B Move Backward
Ctrl+N Move to next line
Ctrl+P Move to previous line
Ctrl+A Move to the first candicate in current line
Ctrl+E Move to the last candicate in current line
Tab / Enter Use the word on cursor to complete
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+G Exit Complete Select Mode
Other Exit Complete Select Mode