The default shell on most Linux operating systems is called Bash. There are a couple of important hotkeys that you should get familiar with if you plan to spend a lot of time at the command line. These shortcuts will save you a ton of time if you learn them.
| 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 | |