Keyboard shortcuts for the Windows CMD shell and PowerShell.
Move
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. ↑ → ↓ ← Move the screen one page up. PgUp Move the screen one page down. PgDn 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) Edit
Clear command line. Esc Toggle Insert/Overwrite. Insert Autocomplete folder/file name. Tab
also Shift+TabErase line to the left. Ctrl+Home Erase line to the right. Ctrl+End Erase character to the left. ⌫ Execute the current command. ↵ Return Continue typing on the next line. Shift+↵ Return 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 Delete
Delete the character under the cursor. Del Delete the character to the left of the cursor. ⌫ 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
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+↵ Return
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
