alt-f – move forward one word alt-b – move backwards one word ctrl-a – takes you to the begining of the command you are currently typing. ctrl-b – move backwards one character ctrl-c – kills the current command or process. ctrl-d – kills the shell. ctrl-e – takes you to the end of the command you are currently typing in. ctrl-f – move forward one character ctrl-h – deletes one letter at a time from the command you are typing in. ctrl-l – clear screen ctrl-r – does a search in the previously given commands so that you don’t have to repeat long command. ctrl-u – clears the typing before the hotkey. ctrl-z – puts the currently running process in background esc-b – takes you back by one word while typing a command. esc-p – like ctrl-r lets you search through the previously given commands. esc-. – gives the last command you typed.