Key combination Microsoft Unix (command line and programs

Windows/KDE/GNOME using readline)

Ctrl + A Select all Beginning of line

Ctrl + B Bold Backward one character

Ctrl + C Copy Generate SIGINT (terminate program)

Ctrl + D Font window (word processing);Forward

Add to bookmarks
delete, or if(Browsers)
line is empty, end of input (traditiona

Ctrl + E Center alignment (word processing)

End of line

Ctrl + F Find (usually a small piece of text

Forward
in a larger
one document)
character

Ctrl + G Go to (line number) Bell

Ctrl + H Replace; History Delete previous character

Ctrl + I Italic; Incremental search Command line completion

Ctrl + J Justify Line feed (LFD)

Ctrl + K Insert hyperlink (word processing)

Cut ("Kill") text between cursor and end of line

Ctrl + L Create list; Left align (word Clear screen

processing)

Ctrl + M Increase margin by 1/2 inch Same as Enter key

(word processing)
Ctrl + N New (window, document, etc.) Next line (in history)

Ctrl + O Open Flush output

Ctrl + P Print Previous line (in history)

Ctrl + Q Quit application Resume transmission

Ctrl + R Refresh page; Right align Search backwards in history
(word processing)
Ctrl + S Save Pause transmission

Ctrl + T Open new tab Transpose characters

Ctrl + U Underline Cut text between beginning of line and

cursor

Ctrl + V Paste Literal insert

Ctrl + W Close window or tab Cut previous word

Ctrl + X Cut Compound command

Ctrl + Y Redo Paste

Ctrl + Z Undo Suspend program

Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Z Redo Same as Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + [ Decrease font size Same as Esc
Ctrl + ] Increase font size Same as Esc
Ctrl + = Toggle font subscript Same as Esc
Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + = Toggle font superscript Same as Esc
Ctrl + End Bottom (end of document or window)
undefined or rarely used

Ctrl + Home Top (start of document or window)

undefined or rarely used

Ctrl + Insert Copy undefined or rarely used

Ctrl + PgDn Next tab undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + PgUp Previous tab undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Tab ↹ Next window or tab undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Tab ↹ Previous window or tab undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + ← Previous word undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + → Next word undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Delete Delete next word undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + ← Backspace Delete previous word undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Alt + ← Backspace Restart X11 undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Alt + ↑ Rotate screen rightside up undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Alt + ↓ Rotate screen upside down undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Alt + ← Rotate screen left undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + Alt + → Rotate screen right undefined or rarely used
Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Esc Open task manager unknown
Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot; Open task manager or session
undefined
options
or rarely used

F1 F2 F3 F4

Insert Home PgUp

Delete End PgDn

Num
Lock ∕ ∗ −

7 8 9 +

4 5 6

1 2 3 Enter

0 .
 Emacs (if different from
Unix command line)

Compound command

Forward delete

Quit aborts current operation

Help key

Same as Tab key

LFD (to evaluate Lisp expressions)

or and end of line

Redraw window/terminal, and recenter view around current line

Next line

Insert ("open") new line

Previous line

Literal insert
Search backwards

Search forward

Prefix numerical argument to next command

Page down

Cut

Iconify window

Same as Alt
Same as Alt
Same as Alt
Same as Alt
Bottom (end of text buffer)

Top (start of text buffer)

Copy
Scroll window to the right
Scroll window to the left

Previous word
Next word
Delete next word
Delete previous word
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