Command Line keyboard shortcuts 

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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.
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Home

Move the selection point to the beginning of the current line

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End

Move the selection point to the end of the current line

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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 up without moving insertion point

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Ctrl +

Scroll the page down without moving insertion point

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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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Windows Command Prompt provides various shortcuts for selecting text. You can select just a character, word, line or even whole screen at once.
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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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↑  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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↑  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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↑  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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↑  Shift + Home

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

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↑  Shift + End

Extend current selection to the end of the current line

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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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Shift + Page Up

Extend current selection by one page up

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or Shift + Page Up
After selecting text, you need to know how to manipulate it. Following commands will help you quickly copy, paste and delete your selections.
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Ctrl + C

Copy currently selected text

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or Ctrl + Insert
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Ctrl + V

Paste text from clipboard

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or ↑  Shift + Insert
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Backspace

Delete character left to the insertion point

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the word left to the insertion point

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Tab

Autocomplete folder and file names

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Esc

Delete 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 + Home

Delete text from the insertion point to the beginning of 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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Ctrl + Z

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

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F3

Repeat previous command

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Scroll backwards through previous commands you've typed

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or F5
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Scroll forward through previous commands you've typed

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Retype previous command characted by character

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or F1
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F7

Show history of previous commands

You can use up and down keys to select any command and then hit Enter to execute command.
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Alt + F7

Clear the command history

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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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Ctrl + C

Copy currently selected text


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Program name: Command Line Command Line (System tools)

Last update: 31.01.2020 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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