75 Clink Keyboard Shortcuts

Clink shortcuts enhance productivity in Microsoft Windows’ cmd.exe. Clink integrates the robust command-line editing capabilities of the GNU Readline library—offering advanced completion, history, and line-editing features—with the built-in Windows shell, cmd.exe.

For those familiar with Bash, the enhancements Clink brings to cmd.exe will be immediately recognizable. Below is a detailed list of Clink shortcuts. You can also download this comprehensive list in PDF format.

Most Used Clink Commands

Action Clink Shortcuts
Paste from clipboard Ctrl + V
Incremental history search Ctrl + R
Completion Tab
Undo Ctrl + Z
Change directory Ctrl + Alt + U
Expand environment variable Ctrl + Alt + E
GNU Readline help Alt + H

BASH Line Editing Shortcuts

Action Clink Shortcuts
set-mark Ctrl + @
beginning-of-line Ctrl + A
backward-char Ctrl + B
ctrl-c Ctrl + C
delete-char Ctrl + D
end-of-line Ctrl + E
forward-char Ctrl + F
abort Ctrl + G
backward-delete-char Ctrl + H
clink-completion-shim Ctrl + I
accept-line Ctrl + J
kill-line Ctrl + K
clear-screen Ctrl + L
accept-line Ctrl + M
next-history Ctrl + N
previous-history Ctrl + P
reload-lua-state Ctrl + Q
reverse-search-history Ctrl + R
forward-search-history Ctrl + S
transpose-chars Ctrl + T
unix-line-discard Ctrl + U
paste-from-clipboard Ctrl + V
unix-word-rubout Ctrl + W
yank Ctrl + Y
undo Ctrl + Z
character-search Ctrl + ]
undo Ctrl + _
copy-line-to-clipboard Alt + Ctrl + C
expand-env-vars Alt + Ctrl + E
abort Alt + Ctrl + G
backward-kill-word Alt + Ctrl + H
tab-insert Alt + Ctrl + I
vi-editing-mode Alt + Ctrl + J
vi-editing-mode Alt + Ctrl + M
revert-line Alt + Ctrl + R
up-directory Alt + Ctrl + U
yank-nth-arg Alt + Ctrl + Y
complete Alt + Ctrl + [
character-search-backward Alt + Ctrl + ]
set-mark Alt + +
insert-comment Alt + #
tilde-expand Alt + &
insert-completions Alt + *
digit-argument Alt + –
yank-last-arg Alt + .
digit-argument 0…9 Alt + 0…9
beginning-of-history Alt + <
possible-completions Alt + =
end-of-history Alt + >
possible-completions Alt + ?
delete-horizontal-space Alt + \
yank-last-arg Alt + _
backward-word Alt + B
capitalize-word Alt + C
kill-word Alt + D
forward-word Alt + F
show-rl-help Alt + H
downcase-word Alt + L
non-incremental-forward-search-history Alt + N
non-incremental-reverse-search-history Alt + P
revert-line Alt + R
transpose-words Alt + T
upcase-word Alt + U
yank-pop Alt + Y
tilde-expand Alt + ~
exchange-point-and-mark Ctrl + X, Ctrl + X
start-kbd-macro Ctrl + X, (
end-kbd-macro Ctrl + X, )
call-last-kbd-macro Ctrl + X, e

Tmux is a tiling window manager for the terminal, serving as a type of shell terminal multiplexer. It is also a well-known alternative to CLink. Explore the Tmux Shortcuts list provided on our website for more information.

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