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title: PuTTy
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.701654
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 32 keyboard shortcuts found on the PuTTy app
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### General Shortcuts

| Shortcut               | Action                                               |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `(right click)` | Open context menu                                    |
| `Ctrl` `A`             | Jump to the start of the line                        |
| `Ctrl` `B`             | Move back a character                                |
| `Ctrl` `C`             | Terminal the command                                 |
| `Ctrl` `D`             | Delete from under the cursor                         |
| `Ctrl` `E`             | Jump to the end of the line                          |
| `Ctrl` `F`             | Move forward a character                             |
| `Ctrl` `K`             | Delete to end-of-line                                |
| `Ctrl` `L`             | Clear the screen                                     |
| `Ctrl` `R`             | Search the history backwards                         |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `R`     | Search the history backwards with multi occurrence   |
| `Ctrl` `U`             | Delete backward from cursor                          |
| `Ctrl` `X` `X`         | Move between end-of-line and current cursor position |
| `Ctrl` `X` `@`         | Show possible hostname completions                   |
| `Ctrl` `Z`             | Suspend or stop the command                          |
| `Alt` `Left`           | Move to the first line in the history                |
| `Alt` `Right`          | Move to the last line in the history                 |
| `Alt` `?`              | Show current completion list                         |
| `Alt` `*`              | Insert all possible completions                      |
| `Alt` `/`              | Attempt to complete filename                         |
| `Alt` `.`              | Yank last argument to previous command               |
| `Alt` `B`              | Move backward                                        |
| `Alt` `C`              | Capitalize the word                                  |
| `Alt` `D`              | Delete word                                          |
| `Alt` `F`              | Move forward                                         |
| `Alt` `L`              | Make word lowercase                                  |
| `Alt` `N`              | Search the history forwards non-incremental          |
| `Alt` `P`              | Search the history backwards non-incremental         |
| `Alt` `R`              | Recall command                                       |
| `Alt` `T`              | Move words around                                    |
| `Alt` `U`              | Make word uppercase                                  |
| `Alt` `Backspace`      | Delete backwards from the cursor                     |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for PuTTy](http://rizwanansari.net/putty-shell-keyboard-shortcuts/) _(rizwanansari.net)_