Terminal · Open the line in your editor
Editing
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+X·Ctrl+EMac
Ctrl+X·Ctrl+EBoth systems use the same combination.
Opens the current line in $EDITOR and runs it when you save and quit; bash has this out of the box while zsh needs edit-command-line autoloaded and bound.
- Group
- Editing
- Keys held
- 3
In a terminal Ctrl+C is not copy; it interrupts whatever is running. Copy is Ctrl+Shift+C in Windows Terminal and Cmd+C on a Mac.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Open the line in your editor in Terminal?
Opens the current line in $EDITOR and runs it when you save and quit; bash has this out of the box while zsh needs edit-command-line autoloaded and bound. It is Ctrl+X Ctrl+E on Windows and Ctrl+X Ctrl+E on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Ctrl+X Ctrl+E on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
3 pressed together. The combination sits under Editing in Terminal.