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Nicer presentation of hotkeys (#80)

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## Hotkeys
```
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. fg restores it.
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
Ctrl + F Move cursor forward one character
Ctrl + B Move cursor backward one character
Esc + T Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt + T Same as Esc + T
Alt + F Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt + B Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Esc + F Same as Alt + F
Esc + B Same as Alt + B
Alt + . Paste the last word of the most recently command
Tab Auto-complete files and directory names
```
| Hotkey | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> | Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd> | Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd> | Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>U</kbd> | Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd> | Same as backspace |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>R</kbd> | Lets you search through previously used commands |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> | Kill whatever you are running |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>D</kbd> | Exit the current shell |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Z</kbd> | Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>W</kbd> | Delete the word before the cursor |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> | Clear the line after the cursor |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> | Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> | Move cursor forward one character |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd> | Move cursor backward one character |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> | Swap the last two words before the cursor |
| <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> | Same as <kbd>Esc</kbd> + <kbd>T</kbd> |
| <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> | Move cursor forward one word on the current line |
| <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd> | Move cursor backward one word on the current line |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd> | Same as <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd> |
| <kbd>Esc</kbd>+<kbd>B</kbd> | Same as <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>B</kbd> |
| <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>.</kbd> | Paste the last word of the most recently command |
| <kbd>Tab</kbd> | Auto-complete files and directory names |
[Go to table of contents 🔼](#quick-links)
## I can't remember these cryptic commands
You can always google or `man` the commands you are not familiar with. Or, checkout [tldr](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr), a collection of simplified and community-driven man pages.