Keybindings Description Notes
    Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Delete line left Doesn’t work on Linux, Mac and Windows
    Ctrl+Shift+Delete Delete line right Doesn’t work on Mac
    Ctrl+C Emit SIGINT or close the readline instance
    Ctrl+H Delete left
    Ctrl+D Delete right or close the readline instance in case the current line is empty / EOF Doesn’t work on Windows
    Ctrl+U Delete from the current position to the line start
    Ctrl+K Delete from the current position to the end of line
    Ctrl+A Go to start of line
    Ctrl+E Go to to end of line
    Ctrl+B Back one character
    Ctrl+F Forward one character
    Ctrl+L Clear screen
    Ctrl+N Next history item
    Ctrl+P Previous history item
    Ctrl+Z Moves running process into background. Type fg and press Enter to return. Doesn’t work on Windows
    Ctrl+W or Ctrl +Backspace Delete backward to a word boundary Ctrl+Backspace Doesn’t work on Linux, Mac and Windows
    Ctrl+Delete Delete forward to a word boundary Doesn’t work on Mac
    Ctrl+Left arrow or Meta+B Word left Ctrl+Left arrow Doesn’t work on Mac
    Ctrl+Right arrow or Meta+F Word right Ctrl+Right arrow Doesn’t work on Mac
    Meta+D or Meta +Delete Delete word right Meta+Delete Doesn’t work on windows
    Meta+Backspace Delete word left Doesn’t work on Mac