Keyboard shortcuts for the Windows CMD shell and PowerShell.
MOVING Move to beginning of line. [Home] Move to end of line. [End] Move one word to the left (backward). Ctrl + ← Move one word to the right (forward). Ctrl + → Move the cursor one character in the direction specified. Arrow keys ↑→↓← Move the screen one page up. Page up Move the screen one page down. Page down Move the cursor to the beginning of the buffer. Ctrl + Home (Mark mode) Move the cursor to the end of the buffer. Ctrl + End (Mark mode) EDITING Clear command line. ESC Toggle Insert/Overwrite. INSERT Autocomplete folder/file name. [Tab]
also Shift+ [Tab]Erase line to the left. Ctrl + Home Erase line to the right. Ctrl + End Erase character to the left. ⌫ Execute the current command. Enter Continue typing on the next line. Shift+Enter Insert a line break or as an escape character to make a literal character.
You can also break a line at the pipe '|' character without a line continuation character.
PowerShell 7 also allows the use of the pipe symbol at the start of a line as a
continuation character without needing a backtick.` Enter Mark mode. Ctrl + M Select text in mark mode. Shift + ←/→ Copy the selected text. Ctrl + C
or Ctrl + InsertPaste the selected text. Ctrl + V
or Shift + InsertDisplay the editing shortcut menu (mark/copy/paste).
If QuickEdit is disabled (in Properties>Options), then a Right-click will display an editing
shortcut menu.
To copy text to the Clipboard, right-click, choose Select, select the text and then press Enter.Alt + Space + E Signal end-of-file. Ctrl + Z DELETING Delete the character under the cursor. Delete Delete the character to the left of the cursor. ⌫ Backspace Clear the current line. Esc Delete all characters in the line after the cursor. Ctrl+End Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of a line. Ctrl+Home OTHER Scroll through history of typed commands. ↓ / ↑ Clear the command history. Alt + F7 Terminate execution or Cancel the current command (if nothing is selected). Ctrl + C Switch to/from full screen mode. Alt + ENTER
or F11Scroll window up. ⇧ + PgUp Scroll window Down. ⇧ + PgDn
Print characters of the previous command one by one. F1 Repeat part of the previous command; up to character Z F2 Z Repeat the previous command. F3 Beginning from the current cursor position, delete up to character Z. F4 Z Scroll through history of typed commands (↑). F5 Scroll the screen up or down one line. Ctrl ↑ / ↓ Show history of previous commands. F7 Clear command history. ALT + F7 Move backwards through the command history, but only display commands
matching the current text at the command prompt.F8 Run a specific command from the command history. F9
⇧ is the Shift key
⌫ is the Backspace key
"If NumLock is on, pressing a key on the numeric keypad while holding SHIFT overrides NumLock and instead generates an arrow key" ~ OldNewThing
General Windows - Keyboard shortcuts.
MMCs - Shortcuts to popular Microsoft Management Consoles.
EXPLORER - Open Windows Explorer.
Doskey /history - Show history of previous commands.
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator - Remap keys. (see also remapkey.exe in the Windows 2003 resource Kit)
Equivalent bash Keyboard shortcuts