Some Shortcuts
08 May 2014
Here is some commands that you can use inside a terminal and/or when you are
typing on a UNIX like terminal.
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Shortcuts
| Shortcut |
Meaning |
| Ctrl + U |
Clean all line |
| Ctrl + K |
Clean [position;end] |
| Ctrl + w |
Clean the word brefore the position |
| Ctrl + a |
Go to begin of line |
| Ctrl + e |
Go to End of line |
| Ctrl + p |
Previous command |
| Ctrl + b |
Move back from a char |
| Ctrl + f |
Move forward a char |
| Ctrl + k |
Delete to EOL |
| Ctrl + n |
Next command |
| Ctrl + r |
Search in previous command (begin research mode) |
| Ctrl + s |
Search in next command |
| Ctrl + o |
Do command researched |
| Ctrl + l |
Clean screen |
| Ctrl + u |
Clean text before cursor + copy it |
| Ctrl + k |
Clean text after cursor + copy it |
| Ctrl + w |
Clean the word before the cursor + copy it |
| Ctrl + y |
Paste the content of the cursor (yank) |
| Ctrl + d |
Terminate the current buffer |
| Ctrl + c |
Cancel a process |
| Ctrl + z |
Background (fg to bring back) |
| Shortcut |
Meaning |
| Alt + f |
move forward one word |
| Alt + b |
move background one word |
| Alt + del |
cuts the word before the cursor |
| Alt + d |
Cut the word after the cursor |
| Alt + u |
UPPER every char from cursor to the end of the cursor word |
| Alt + l |
lower “” |
| Alt + c |
up a char and move to the end of the word |
| Alt + r |
cancel the changes on the current line |
| Alt + < |
Move to the first line in the history |
| Alt + > |
Move to the last line in the history |
| Alt + ? |
Show current completion list |
| Alt + * |
Insert all possible completions |
| Alt + / |
Attempt to complete filename |
| Alt + . |
Yank last argument to previous command |
| Alt + t |
Move words around |
| Alt + Back-Space |
Delete backward from cursor |