readline/doc/shortcut.md

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 / Ctrl+←	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 / Ctrl+→	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