PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator that supports several network protocols including SCP, SSH, and Telnet. It can also make a raw socket connection and can connect to a serial port. PuTTY was rotten by a British programmer Simon Thatham. Initially, the program was written for Microsoft Windows but later it was also ported to macOS. If you use PuTTy, you need to learn keyboard shortcuts to do things faster. In this article, I am listing PuTTy keyboard shortcuts for Windows and macOS.
PuTTy keyboard shortcuts for Windows
General Shortcuts
Open context menu
Ctrl+(right click)
Jump to the start of the line
Ctrl+A
Move back a character
Ctrl+B
Terminal the command
Ctrl+C
Delete from under the cursor
Ctrl+D
Jump to the end of the line
Ctrl+E
Move forward a character
Ctrl+F
Delete to end-of-line
Ctrl+K
Clear the screen
Ctrl+L
Search the history backwards
Ctrl+R
Search the history backwards with multi occurrence
Ctrl+Shift+R
Delete backward from cursor
Ctrl+U
Move between end-of-line and current cursor position
Ctrl+X+X
Show possible hostname completions
Ctrl+X+ @
Suspend or stop the command
Ctrl+Z
Move to the first line in the history
Alt+Left
Move to the last line in the history
Alt+Right
Show current completion list
Alt+?
Insert all possible completions
Alt+*
Attempt to complete filename
Alt+/
Yank the last argument to the previous command
Alt+ .
Move backward
Alt+B
Capitalize the word
Alt+C
Delete word
Alt+D
Move forward
Alt+F
Make word lowercase
Alt+Left
Search the history forwards non-incremental
Alt+N
Search the history backwards non-incremental
Alt+P
Recall command
Alt+R
Move words around
Alt+T
Make word uppercase
Alt+U
Delete backwards from the cursor
Alt+Backspace
PuTTy keyboard shortcuts for macOS
General Shortcuts
Open context menu
Cmd+(right click)
Jump to the start of the line
Cmd+A
Move back a character
Cmd+B
Terminal the command
Cmd+C
Delete from under the cursor
Cmd+D
Jump to the end of the line
Cmd+E
Move forward a character
Cmd+F
Delete to end-of-line
Cmd+K
Clear the screen
Cmd+L
Search the history backwards
Cmd+R
Search the history backwards with multi occurrence
Cmd+Shift+R
Delete backward from cursor
Cmd+U
Move between end-of-line and current cursor position
Cmd+X+X
Show possible hostname completions
Cmd+X+ @
Suspend or stop the command
Cmd+Z
Move to the first line in the history
Alt+Left
Move to the last line in the history
Alt+Right
Show current completion list
Alt+?
Insert all possible completions
Alt+*
Attempt to complete filename
Alt+/
Yank last argument to previous command
Alt+ .
Move backward
Alt+B
Capitalize the word
Alt+C
Delete word
Alt+D
Move forward
Alt+F
Make word lowercase
Alt+Left
Search the history forwards non-incremental
Alt+N
Search the history backwards non-incremental
Alt+P
Recall command
Alt+R
Move words around
Alt+T
Make word uppercase
Alt+U
Delete backwards from the cursor
Alt+Backspace
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