We can quickly move the cursor to a specific location with the shortcut key provided by the shell.

Move cursor to the new line

We can move the cursor to the beginning of the new line:

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Ctrl + C    # press Control and C keys

Move cursor to the beginning

We can move the cursor to the beginning of the line:

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Ctrl + A    # press Control and A keys

Move cursor to the end

We can move the cursor to the end of the line:

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Ctrl + E    # press Control and E keys

Move cursor forward a char

We can move the cursor to the next char:

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Ctrl + F    # press Control and F keys

Move cursor backward a char

We can move the cursor to the previous char:

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Ctrl + B    # press Control and B keys

Move cursor forward a word

We can move the cursor to the end of the word:

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ALT + F    # press Alternate and F keys

Move cursor backward a word

We can move the cursor to the the first char of the word:

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ALT + B    # press Alternate and B keys

Clear the screen

We can clear the screen:

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Ctrl + L    # press Control and L keys

References 8.4.1 Commands For Moving

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