Bash keyboard shortcuts

CTRL-L
Clears the screen

CTRL-D
Exits the current shell

CTRL-Z
Puts the current process into suspended background

CTRL-C
Kills the current process

CTRL-H
Works the same as backspace

CTRL-A
Goes to the beginning of the line

CTRL-W
Deletes the word before the cursor

CTRL-U
Deletes from beginning of line to cursor position

CTRL-E
Goes to the end of the line

Tab
Auto-completes files, directories, and binaries

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