January 1998
Beginner
336 pages
10h 6m
English
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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 ... |
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