16 shortcuts for Putty for Windows

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Tab	Auto-complete files and folder names
Ctrl+W	Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl+K	Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl+T	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc+T	Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt+F	Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt+B	Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Ctrl+A	Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl+E	Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl+L	Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl+U	Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line
Ctrl+H	Same as backspace
Ctrl+R	Lets you search through previously used commands
Ctrl+C	Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl+D	Exit the current shell
Ctrl+Z	Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. Typeto restore it.

Tab

Auto-complete files and folder names

Ctrl+W

Delete the word before the cursor

Ctrl+K

Clear the line after the cursor

Ctrl+T

Swap the last two characters before the cursor

Esc+T

Swap the last two words before the cursor

Alt+F

Move cursor forward one word on the current line

Alt+B

Move cursor backward one word on the current line

Ctrl+A

Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl+E

Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on

Ctrl+L

Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command

Ctrl+U

Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line

Ctrl+H

Same as backspace

Ctrl+R

Lets you search through previously used commands

Ctrl+C

Kill whatever you are running

Ctrl+D

Exit the current shell

Ctrl+Z

Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. Typeto restore it.

Shortcuts Putty for Windows