How-to: CMD/PowerShell and Windows Terminal shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts for the Windows CMD shell and PowerShell.

MOVING

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. Arrow keys ↑→↓←

Move the screen one page up. Page up

Move the screen one page down. Page down

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)

EDITING

Clear command line. ESC

Toggle Insert/Overwrite. INSERT

Autocomplete folder/file name. [Tab]
also Shift+ [Tab]

Erase line to the left. Ctrl + Home

Erase line to the right. Ctrl + End

Erase character to the left. ⌫

Execute the current command. Enter

Continue typing on the next line. Shift+Enter

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 + Insert

Paste the selected text. Ctrl + V
or Shift + Insert

Display 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

DELETING

Delete the character under the cursor. Delete

Delete the character to the left of the cursor. ⌫ Backspace

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

OTHER

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 + ENTER
or F11

Scroll window up. ⇧ + PgUp

Scroll window Down. ⇧ + PgDn

CMD shell Command History shortcuts:

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

New Windows Terminal Keyboard shortcuts

Application-level shortcuts:

Find. Ctrl + ⇧ + F

Open the dropdown. Ctrl + ⇧ + Space

Open settings files. Ctrl ,

Open settings files. Ctrl + Alt ,

Tab management shortcuts:

New tab. Ctrl + ⇧ + T

New tab. Ctrl + ⇧ + 1 thru 9

Duplicate tab. Ctrl + ⇧ + D

Open next tab. Ctrl + Tab

Open previous tab. Ctrl + ⇧ + Tab

Open a specific tab. Ctrl + Alt 1 thru 9

Pane management shortcuts:

Move pane focus. Alt + ↑→↓←

Resize a pane. Alt + ⇧ + ↑→↓←

Split a pane. Alt + ⇧ + D
The control the split direction with:
Alt + ⇧ -
or Alt + ⇧ +

Close pane. Ctrl + ⇧ + W

Clipboard integration:

Copy the selected text. Ctrl + C
or Ctrl + ⇧ + C
or Ctrl + Insert

Paste the selected text. Ctrl + V
or Ctrl + ⇧ + V
or Shift + Insert

Scrollback:

Scroll up/Down. Ctrl + ⇧ + ↑
Ctrl + ⇧ + ↓

Scroll up one page. Ctrl + ⇧ + Pg Up

Scroll down one page. Ctrl + ⇧ + Pg Dn

Visual adjustment:

Adjust font size. Ctrl + =

Adjust font size. Ctrl + -

Reset font size. Ctrl + 0

Toggle High Visibility screen mode. Left Alt + Left ⇧ + PrtScn

⇧ 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

Related commands

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