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IPython Shell keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 1/3/2019 on https://defkey.com/ipython-shortcuts

IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell in some programming
languages. It was originally developed for the Python programming language.
It has features including interactive shells, browser-based notebook
interface, flexible, embeddable interpreters. IPython Shell was initially
released in 2001.

IPython Shell has 21 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Navigation
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Ctrl + A                Move cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl + E                Move cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl + B                Move cursor back one character
Left arrow              Move cursor back one character
Ctrl + F                Move cursor forward one character
Right arrow             Move cursor forward one character


Text entry
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  In addition to Backspace, Ipython provides a few other shorcuts for
deleting a portion of text.

Backspace               Delete previous character in line
Ctrl + D                Delete next character in line
Ctrl + K                Cut text from cursor to end of line
Ctrl + U                Cut text from beginning of line to cursor
Ctrl + Y                Yank (e.g. paste) text that was previously cut
Ctrl + T                Transpose (e.g. switch) previous two characters


Command history
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  Command history not only stores command in current session. Your entire
command history is stored in a SQLite database in your IPython profile
directory.

Ctrl + P                Access previous command in history
Up arrow                Access previous command in history
Ctrl + N                Access next command in history
Down arrow              Access next command in history
Ctrl + R                Reverse-search through command history
Enter                   Select the command


Miscellaneous
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Ctrl + 1                Clear terminal screen
Ctrl + C                Interrupt current Python command

  Ctrl + C will be particularly useful if you start a long running job by
mistake.

Ctrl + D                Exit IPython session

  Source: Github


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