emacs

Moving Around

Command

Action

Ctrl+p

Move up one line

Ctrl+b

Move left one char

Ctrl+f

Move right one char

Ctrl+n

Move down one line

Ctrl+a

Goto beginning of current line

Ctrl+e

Goto end of current line

Ctrl+v

Move forward one screen

Alt+<

Move to first line of the file

Alt+b

Move left to previous word

Alt+f

Move right to next word

Alt+>

Move to last line of the file

Alt+a

Move to beginning of current sentence

Alt+e

Move to end of current sentence

Alt+v

Move back one screen

Exiting emacs

Command

Action

Ctrl+x Ctrl+s

Save buffer to file

Ctrl+z

Exit emacs but keep it running

Ctrl+x Ctrl+c

Exit emacs and stop it

Searching Text

Command

Action

Ctrl+s

Search forward

Ctrl+r

Search backward

Alt+x

Replace string

Copy Paste

Command

Action

Alt+backspace

Cut the word before cursor

Alt+d

Cut the word after cursor

Ctrl+k

Cut from cursor to end of line

Alt+k

Cut from cursor to end of the sentence

Ctrl+y

Paste the content at the cursor


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