PuTTY keyboard shortcuts 

PuTTY  

Zeynel -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts
5
Tab

Auto-complete file and folder names

6
Ctrl + W

Delete the word before cursor

1
Ctrl + K

Clear the line after cursor

3
Ctrl + T

Swap the last two characters before the cursor

0
Esc + T

Swap the last two words before the cursor

9
Alt + F

Move cursor forward one word on the current line

4
Alt + B

Move cursor backward one word on the current line

8
Ctrl + A

Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on

9
Ctrl + E

Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on

1
Ctrl + L

Clear the screen (similar to the clear command)

7
Ctrl + U

Clear the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line

3
Ctrl + H

Same as backspace

-3
Ctrl + R

Search through previously used commands

2
Ctrl + C

Kill whatever you are running

4
Ctrl + D

Exit the current shell

7
Ctrl + Z

Put whatever you are running into a suspended background process. Type fg to restore it

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1
Alt + <

Move to the first line in the history

-2
Alt + >

Move to the last line in the history

0
Alt + ?

Show current completion list

1
Alt + *

Insert all possible completions

0
Alt + /

Attempt to complete filename

1
Alt + .

Yank last argument to previous command

2
Alt + B

Move backward

0
Alt + C

Capitalize the word

1
Alt + D

Delete word

0
Alt + F

Move forward

0
Alt + L

Make word lowercase

-1
Alt + U

Make word uppercase

2
Alt + N

Search the history forwards non-incremental

1
Alt + P

Search the history backwards non-incremental

1
Alt + R

Recall command

2
Alt + T

Move words around

0
Alt + Backspace

Delete backward from cursor

3
Esc then U

Undo last command


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Program information

Program name: PuTTY PuTTY (File manager)

PuTTY is a free terminal editor and network file transfer application. It comes with SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin support and raw socket connection support. PuTTY was originally developed for Windows but it has been ported to other platforms.

Web page: http://www.putty.org

Last update: 11/14/2020 12:32 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 78%

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Updated: Added some shortcuts. (2 updates.) 11/14/2020 12:31:14 PM Added some shortcuts.
11/14/2020 12:31:41 PM Added some shortcuts.

Shortcut count: 34

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? Thiago OP says: 2 years ago 6/17/2022 9:54 PM
Hi, I was searching for a way to restart a session when my pc enters sleep mode. ALT+SPACE+R. But you have to enable "System menu appears with ALT-SPACE" in Window-Behavior inside Putty configuration. This will permit new session with the combination + W. Found on https://rtomaszewski.blogspot.com/2013/05/putty-shortcut-and-tricks.html blog and I believe this deserve to be shared and millions of thanks for him that shared first.
Zeynel Admin says in reply to Thiago : 2 years ago 6/18/2022 9:52 AM
Thank you for sharing that tip!
? Marie OP says: 3 years ago 7/16/2021 5:06 PM
Nice list. I came looking for how to move to beginning of the command line in a putty terminal. I found it and a lot more. Thanks!
Zeynel Admin says in reply to Marie : 3 years ago 7/16/2021 6:48 PM
Glad to help, thank you for the comment!
? Putty User OP says: 3 years ago 7/5/2021 6:43 PM
These are not putty shortcuts, these are bash shell shortcuts.
Example of putty shortcut would be create new window with same session or reset current session.
Nevertheless pretty useful for power user.

Thanks
? Guest OP says: 4 years ago 11/14/2020 8:55 AM
You could add Undo: press escape then type u key to undo last command
Zeynel Admin says in reply to Guest : 4 years ago 11/14/2020 12:32 PM
? shwetz OP says: 5 years ago 1/15/2020 5:52 AM
how to search particular text available on console?
? hari OP says: 5 years ago 9/19/2019 11:44 PM
what is the shortcut to go to the beginning of a putty session