Mac Terminal Shortcuts

Navigate and Operation

Alt + Left or Right Escape + B or F

Move cursor between separate words

Control + W

Delete word before cursor

Escape + T

Swap two wors before cursor

Control + A

Take cursor to the begining of the line

Control + E

Take cursor to the end of the line

Control + U

Clear everything before cursor

Control + K

Clear everything after cursor

Control + H

Equals delete

Control + F

Same with right arrow

Control + B

Same with left arrow


Search

Control + R

Search previous command

!!

Execute last command

History + number

Show last n(the number you set) commands


Process

Control + C

Kill command

Control + D

Kill session

Control + Z

Suspends current job in the background


Shortcuts

Command + N

Open a new window

Command + T

Open a new tab

Command + C

Copy

Command + V

Paste

Command + A

Select all

Shift + Command + A

Select output of last command

Alt + Command + V

Paste escaped text

Control + Command + V

Paste selection

Control + Command + F

Full screen

Command + L

Clear last output

Command + K

Clear whole output

Shift + Command + M

Add bookmark

Shift + Control + Command + M

Add bookmark with name

Command + F

Find

Command + G

Find next

Command + + or -

Addjust size

Command + D

Split Pane

Command + Up or Down

Jump between commands

Alt + Command + Up or Down

Jump to top or bottom


Tips

clipboard works with Control + V

Copy command output to clipboard

pwd | pbcopy

Copy content of file to clipboard

pbcopy < /etc/passwd

Paste clipboard to command

pbpaste | ls

Paste clipboard to file

pbpaste > 1.txt

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