Collection of useful operations for Windows Terminal

Many operations on Windows Terminal can be used in common regardless of the type of shell, and learning them will greatly improve your efficiency. You want to consciously use things that are especially useful and let them soak into your body, but if you don’t use them, you’ll forget them, so I’ve summarized them here.

Start/end of line jump operation

The following operations can be used commonly in many shells such as bash, zsh, and PowerShell (Emacs-style key bindings).

operation	shortcut	remarks
Move to beginning of line	Ctrl + A	Emacs series, common to all shells
move to end of line	Ctrl + E	Same as above

Cursor movement/word unit movement

operation	shortcut	remarks
Move cursor one character to the left	← or Ctrl + B	Emacs-like operations
Move cursor one character to the right	→ or Ctrl + F	Same as above
Move left by word	Alt + B or Ctrl + ←	Valid in bash/zsh
Move right by word	Alt + F or Ctrl + →	Same as above

Delete/edit shortcuts

operation	shortcut	remarks
Delete from cursor to end of line	Ctrl + K	Can be quickly reset
Delete from beginning of line to cursor	Ctrl + U	Convenient for redoing input
Delete 1 word (backward)	Alt + D	Valid in bash/zsh
Delete 1 word (forward)	Ctrl + W	Delete previous word

History and clipboard operations

operation	shortcut	remarks
Incremental search of history	Ctrl + R	Search for past commands even while typing
Paste (Windows Terminal)	Ctrl + Shift + V	Faster than right mouse click

Convenient operations specific to Windows Terminal

operation	shortcut	remarks
open tab	Ctrl + Shift + T	open a new session
close tab	Ctrl + Shift + W	Close unnecessary tabs
Split pane vertically	Alt + Shift + +	2 screens horizontally
Split pane horizontally	Alt + Shift + -	2 screens vertically
move pane	Alt + arrow keys	Can be operated like vim
clear screen	Ctrl + L	clean prompts

summary

Efficient operations on Windows Terminal greatly improve daily work efficiency. In particular, once you get used to the keyboard operations for moving the cursor and deleting, editing stress will be greatly reduced.

When you become aware of operations that do not require you to move from your home position, you become aware of various operations and tools. If I notice anything else in the future, I would like to summarize it.

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Post date:

2025-05-13

author:

Mr. Takagi

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