emacs Mode Commands

B.8 emacs Mode Commands

Table 2.9 shows a complete list of emacs editing mode commands.

Table B.9. emacs Mode Commands
Command	Meaning
CTRL-A	Move to beginning of line
CTRL-B	Move backward one character
CTRL-D	Delete one character forward
CTRL-E	Move to end of line
CTRL-F	Move forward one character
CTRL-G	Abort the current editing command and ring the terminal bell
CTRL-J	Same as RETURN
CTRL-K	Delete (kill) forward to end of line
CTRL-L	Clear screen and redisplay the line
CTRL-M	Same as RETURN
CTRL-N	Next line in command history
CTRL-O	Same as RETURN, then display next line in history file
CTRL-P	Previous line in command history
CTRL-R	Search backward
CTRL-S	Search forward
CTRL-T	Transpose two characters
CTRL-U	Kill backward from point to the beginning of line
CTRL-V	Make the next character typed verbatim
CTRL-V TAB	Insert a TAB
CTRL-W	Kill the word behind the cursor, using whitespace as the boundary
CTRL-X /	List the possible filename completions of the current word
CTRL-X ~	List the possible username completions of the current word
CTRL-X $	List the possible shell variable completions of the current word
CTRL-X @	List the possible hostname completions of the current word
CTRL-X !	List the possible command name completions of the current word
CTRL-X (	Begin saving characters into the current keyboard macro
CTRL-X )	Stop saving characters into the current keyboard macro
CTRL-X e	Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined
CTRL-X CTRL-R	Read in the contents of the readline initialization file
CTRL-X CTRL-V	Display version information on this instance of bash
CTRL-Y	Retrieve (yank) last item killed
DEL	Delete one character backward
CTRL-[	Same as ESC (most keyboards)
ESC-B	Move one word backward
ESC-C	Change word after point to all capital letters
ESC-D	Delete one word forward
ESC-F	Move one word forward
ESC-L	Change word after point to all lowercase letters
ESC-N	Non-incremental forward search
ESC-P	Non-incremental reverse search
ESC-R	Undo all the changes made to this line
ESC-T	Transpose two words
ESC-U	Change word after point to all uppercase letters
ESC-CTRL-E	Perform shell alias, history, and word expansion on the line
ESC-CTRL-H	Delete one word backward
ESC-CTRL-Y	Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually the second word) at point
ESC-DEL	Delete one word backward
ESC-^	Perform history expansion on the line
ESC-<	Move to first line of history file
ESC->	Move to last line of history file
ESC-.	Insert last word in previous command line after point
ESC-_	Same as above
TAB	Attempt filename completion on current word
ESC-?	List the possible completions of the text before point
ESC-/	Attempt filename completion on current word
ESC-~	Attempt username completion on current word
ESC-$	Attempt variable completion on current word
ESC-@	Attempt hostname completion on current word
ESC-!	Attempt command name completion on current word
ESC-TAB	Attempt completion from text in the command history
ESC-~	Attempt tilde expansion on the current word
ESC-\	Delete all the spaces and TABs around point
ESC-*	Insert all of the completions that would be generated by ESC-= before point
ESC-=	List the possible completions before point
ESC-{	Attempt filename completion and return the list to the shell enclosed within braces