SSH command keyboard shortcuts

For the noobs or anyone using SSH and needs to brush up on their command shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash ( Command Shell for Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, Redhat, Linux, etc)

highlighted ones I will use more of - well try to

Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command

Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.

Ctrl + H Same as backspace

Ctrl + R Let’s you search through previously used commands

Ctrl + C Kill whatever you are running

Ctrl + D Exit the current shell

Ctrl + Z Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.

Ctrl + W Delete the word before the cursor

Ctrl + K Clear the line after the cursor

Ctrl + T Swap the last two characters before the cursor

Esc + T Swap the last two words before the cursor

Alt + F Move cursor forward one word on the current line

Alt + B Move cursor backward one word on the current line

Tab Auto-complete files and folder names

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