2006/12/18

bash shortcuts

from http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/keyboard-shortcuts-for-bash-command-shell-for-ubuntu-debian-suse-redhat-linux-etc/

Ctrl + A : Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E : Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + L : Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U : Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H : Same as backspace
Ctrl + R : Let’s you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + C : Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D : Exit the current shell
Ctrl + Z : Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
Ctrl + W : Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + K : Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + T : Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T : Swap the last two words before the cursor
Alt + F : Move cursor forward one word on the current line
Alt + B : Move cursor backward one word on the current line
Tab : Auto-complete files and folder names

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