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
$$ The last token in the last line received by the session. (Like !$ in bash )
(this is an automatic variable)
PowerShell ISE shortcuts:
Ctrl-M Expand or Collapse Outlining
CTRL+F Find in script
CTRL+S Save
F5 Run
F8 Run Selection
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General Windows - Keyboard shortcuts.
Clear-History - Delete entries from the command history.
Get-History - Get a listing of the session history.