| Commands For Moving | Moving about the line. |
| Commands For History | Getting at previous lines. |
| Commands For Text | Commands for changing text. |
| Commands For Killing | Commands for killing and yanking. |
| Numeric Arguments | Specifying numeric arguments, repeat counts. |
| Commands For Completion | Getting Readline to do the typing for you. |
| Keyboard Macros | Saving and re-executing typed characters |
| Miscellaneous Commands | Other miscellaneous commands. |