Learning the bash Shell, Second Edition

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 ...