Ctrl + A: Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + E: Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + L: Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command Ctrl + U: Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. Ctrl + H: Same as backspace Ctrl + R: Let’s you search through previously used commands Ctrl + C: Kill whatever you are running Ctrl + D: Exit the current shell Ctrl + Z: Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. Ctrl + W: Delete the word before the cursor Ctrl + K: Clear the line after the cursor Ctrl + T: Swap the last two characters before the cursor Esc + T: Swap the last two words before the cursor

src: http://osxdaily.com/2006/12/19/command-line-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac-os-x/