Shortcuts for Putty

Tab

Auto-complete files and folder names

Ctrl+W

Delete the word before the cursor

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

Ctrl+A

Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl+E

Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on

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

Lets 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. Type
to restore it.

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Putty Shortcuts

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