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Zeynel - 8 years ago - in Shortcuts 9 comments PuTTY

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Ctrl key bound (16 shortcuts)

6	Tab	Auto-complete file and folder names
7	Ctrl + W	Delete the word before cursor
1	Ctrl + K	Clear the line after cursor
3	Ctrl + T	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
1	Esc + T	Swap the last two words before the cursor
7	Alt + F	Move cursor forward one word on the current line
5	Alt + B	Move cursor backward one word on the current line
8	Ctrl + A	Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
9	Ctrl + E	Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
0	Ctrl + L	Clear the screen (similar to the clear command)
8	Ctrl + U	Clear the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line
3	Ctrl + H	Same as backspace
-3	Ctrl + R	Search through previously used commands
1	Ctrl + C	Kill whatever you are running
4	Ctrl + D	Exit the current shell
7	Ctrl + Z	Put whatever you are running into a suspended background process. Type fg to restore it

Alt key bound (17 shortcuts)

1	Alt +	Move to the last line in the history
0	Alt + ?	Show current completion list
1	Alt + *	Insert all possible completions
0	Alt + /	Attempt to complete filename
1	Alt + .	Yank last argument to previous command
2	Alt + B	Move backward
0	Alt + C	Capitalize the word
1	Alt + D	Delete word
0	Alt + F	Move forward
0	Alt + L	Make word lowercase
-1	Alt + U	Make word uppercase
2	Alt + N	Search the history forwards non-incremental
2	Alt + P	Search the history backwards non-incremental
1	Alt + R	Recall command
2	Alt + T	Move words around
0	Alt + Backspace	Delete backward from cursor

Misc (1 shortcut)

Esc then U

Undo last command

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Program information

Program name: PuTTY PuTTY (File manager)

PuTTY is a free terminal editor and network file transfer application. It comes with SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin support and raw socket connection support. PuTTY was originally developed for Windows but it has been ported to other platforms.

Web page: putty.org

Last update: 9/23/2025 7:38 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 78%

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Updated: Updated program information. (3 updates.) 11/14/2020 12:31:14 PM Added some shortcuts. 11/14/2020 12:31:41 PM Added some shortcuts. 8/14/2025 1:45:22 PM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 34

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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Enter a nickname (required) Your email - not shown, get notified for replies. Your comment Only registered users can post links. Send comment! ? Thiago OP says: 4 years ago 6/17/2022 9:54 PM UTC Hi, I was searching for a way to restart a session when my pc enters sleep mode. ALT+SPACE+R. But you have to enable "System menu appears with ALT-SPACE" in Window-Behavior inside Putty configuration. This will permit new session with the combination + W. Found on https://rtomaszewski.blogspot.com/2013/05/putty-shortcut-and-tricks.html blog and I believe this deserve to be shared and millions of thanks for him that shared first. Reply 4 0

Zeynel Admin says in reply to : 4 years ago 6/18/2022 9:52 AM UTC Thank you for sharing that tip! Reply 0 0 ? Marie OP says: 4 years ago 7/16/2021 5:06 PM UTC Nice list. I came looking for how to move to beginning of the command line in a putty terminal. I found it and a lot more. Thanks! Reply 0 0

Zeynel Admin says in reply to : 4 years ago 7/16/2021 6:48 PM UTC Glad to help, thank you for the comment! Reply 0 0 ? Putty User OP says: 4 years ago 7/5/2021 6:43 PM UTC These are not putty shortcuts, these are bash shell shortcuts.Example of putty shortcut would be create new window with same session or reset current session.Nevertheless pretty useful for power user.Thanks Reply 2 0 ? Guest OP says: 5 years ago 11/14/2020 8:55 AM UTC You could add Undo: press escape then type u key to undo last command Reply 2 0

Zeynel Admin says in reply to : 5 years ago 11/14/2020 12:32 PM UTC Added, thank you!https://defkey.com/putty-shortcuts#shortcut-69931 Reply 0 0 ? shwetz OP says: 6 years ago 1/15/2020 5:52 AM UTC how to search particular text available on console? Reply 0 0 ? hari OP says: 6 years ago 9/19/2019 11:44 PM UTC what is the shortcut to go to the beginning of a putty session Reply 1 0 × Close