Shortcuts to improve your bash & zsh productivity

So, you hate using a terminal? That might be, because you use the arrow keys to navigate character by character through a long command just to change a paramater at the other end of the line, right? Here's a list of my most-used bash & zsh shortcuts, that will definitely boost your productivity and will help you to improve your command line experience.

Shortcut	Action
CTRL + A	Move to the beginning of the line
CTRL + E	Move to the end of the line
CTRL + [left arrow]	Move one word backward (on some systems this is ALT + B)
CTRL + [right arrow]	Move one word forward (on some systems this is ALT + F)
CTRL + U (bash)	Clear the characters on the line before the current cursor position
CTRL + U (zsh)	If you're using the zsh, this will clear the entire line
CTRL + K	Clear the characters on the line after the current cursor position
ESC + [backspace]	Delete the word in front of the cursor
CTRL + W	Delete the word in front of the cursor
ALT + D	Delete the word after the cursor
CTRL + R	Search history
CTRL + G	Escape from search mode
CTRL + _	Undo the last change
CTRL + L	Clear screen
CTRL + S	Stop output to screen
CTRL + Q	Re-enable screen output
CTRL + C	Terminate/kill current foreground process
CTRL + Z	Suspend/stop current foreground process

Command	Action
!!	Execute last command in history
!abc	Execute last command in history beginning with abc
!abc:p	Print last command in history beginning with abc

History Search

Press CTRL + R to search through the history. Continue pressing CTRL + R until you find the entry you're looking for. Press [ENTER] to execute the current expression. Press [Right Arrow] to modify the current expression. Press CTRL + G to escape from search mode.

Special setup for Mac OS X

Go to Terminal -> Preferences -> Settings -> Keyboard

• To enable the use of the ALT or OPTION key, select use option as meta key
• To enable the CTRL + [left arrow] and CTRL + [right arrow] shortcuts, select
• control cursor left and set it to \033b and
• control cursor right and set it to \033f.

You know of any other important shortcuts that I missed? Please let me know in the comments.