Command Line keyboard shortcuts 

Command Line  

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Ctrl + V

Paste text from clipboard

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or ↑  Shift + Insert
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Esc

Delete current line

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Tab

Autocomplete folder and file names

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F1

Retype previous command characted by character

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Ctrl + C

Copy currently selected text

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or Ctrl + C
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F5

Scroll backwards through previous commands you've typed

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Ctrl + Z

Mark the end of a line. Text you type after that point on that line will be ignored

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Ctrl + A

Select all text in the current line. Press again to select all text in the buffer

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F3

Repeat previous command

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Scroll backwards through previous commands you've typed

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Retype previous command characted by character

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Scroll forward through previous commands you've typed

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Home

Move the selection point to the beginning of the current line

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F7

Show history of previous commands

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F8

Move backward in the command history to commands matching the current command. This is useful if you need to type part of a command you’ve used a few times and then scroll back in your history to find the exact command you want to repeat

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Backspace

Delete character left to the insertion point

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End

Move the selection point to the end of the current line

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Ctrl + M

Enter or exit mark mode. In mark mode you can use arrow keys to navigate around in the window

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Ctrl +

Move the selection point to the beginning of the previous work on the current line

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Ctrl +

Move the selection point to the beginning of the next work on the current line

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Ctrl +

Scroll the page down without moving insertion point

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Ctrl +

Scroll the page up without moving insertion point

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↑  Shift +

Extend current selection by one character to the left

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↑  Shift +

Extend current selection by one character to the right

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Ctrl + Home

Delete text from the insertion point to the beginning of the current line

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↑  Shift +

Extend current selection by one line up. The selection extends to the same position in the previous line as the position of the insertion point in the current line.

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↑  Shift +

Extend current selection by one line down. The selection extends to the same position in the next line as the position of the insertion point in the current line

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Ctrl + End

Delete text from the insertion point to the end of the current line

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Insert

Toggle insertion mode. In this mode, everything you type will be instered at current location. When this mode is off, everything you type will overwrite what's already there

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the word left to the insertion point

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend current selection by one word to the left

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend current selection by one word to the right

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Ctrl + Insert

Copy currently selected text

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↑  Shift + End

Extend current selection to the end of the current line

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↑  Shift + Home

Extend current selection to the beggining of command. Pressing again will include the path in the selection

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Shift + Page Up

Extend current selection by one page up

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or Shift + Page Up
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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Home

Extend current selection to the beggining of the screen buffer

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + End

Extend current selection to the end of the screen buffer

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Alt + F7

Clear the command history

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You can click at anywhere you want to select text in Command Prompt. But if you want to just use keyboard, here are the shortcuts that will keep you covered.
Windows Command Prompt provides various shortcuts for selecting text. You can select just a character, word, line or even whole screen at once.
After selecting text, you need to know how to manipulate it. Following commands will help you quickly copy, paste and delete your selections.
You can use up and down keys to select any command and then hit Enter to execute command.

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Program information

Program name: Command Line Command Line (System tools)

Last update: 31/1/2020 11:00 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 86%

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Shortcut count: 42

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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