Ctrl + a (takes you to the beginning of the line)
Ctrl + e (takes you to the end of the line)
Alt or Option + (left arrow) or (right arrow) move back by 1 word (the alternative is Esc + b or Esc + f -- I have to retype Esc + b *each time*)
Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H Same as backspace
Ctrl + R Let’s you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + C Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D Exit the current shell
Ctrl + Z Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
Ctrl + K Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + T Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt + F Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt + B Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Tab Auto-complete files and folder names
VIM commands in MAC OSX
| ctrl-F | Move forward one screen. |
| ctrl-B | Move backward one screen. |
| $ | Move cursor to end of line. |
| ^ | Move cursor to beginning of line. |
| :1 | Move to first line of file |
| :$ | Move to last line of file |
| / | Search for a character string. |
| ? | Reverse search for a character string. |
| x | Delete the character at the cursor position. |
| dd | Delete the current line. |
| p | Paste data that was cut with x or dd commands. |
| u | Undo. |
Entering Input Mode
| a | Add text after the cursor. |
| i | Insert text before the cursor. |
| R | Replace text starting at the cursor. |
| o | Insert a new line after the current one. |
Entering Command Mode
| esc | Switch from Input mode to Command mode. |
Exiting or Saving Your File
| :w | Write file to disk, without exiting editor. |
| ZZ | Save the file and exit. |
| :q! | Quit without saving. |
