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Introduction
Keyboard shortcut keys
Command line shortcuts
Introduction
Shortcuts are designed to help shorten the time required
to perform frequently used commands or actions. In the
below sections we have listed keyboard shortcut keys
that can be performed by pressing two or more keys at
once. In addition to keyboard shortcut keys, we have
also listed command line shortcut keys that can be typed
in at the shell.
Please note that the below shortcut keys and command
line shortcuts will not work on all variants of Unix
and/or Linux.
Keyboard shortcut keys
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CTRL + B |
Moves the cursor backward one character. |
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CTRL + C |
Cancels the currently running command. |
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CTRL + D |
Logs out of the current session. |
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CTRL + F |
Moves the cursor forward one character. |
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CTRL + H |
Erase one character. Similar to pressing
backspace. |
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CTRL + P |
Paste previous line and/or lines. |
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CTRL + S |
Stops all output on screen (XOFF). |
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CTRL + Q |
Turns all output stopped on screen back on
(XON). |
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CTRL + U |
Erases the complete line. |
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CTRL + W |
Deletes the last word typed in. For example, if
you typed 'mv file1 file2' this shortcut would
delete file2. |
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CTRL + Z |
Cancels current operation, moves back a
directory and/or takes the current operation and
moves it to the background. See bg command for
additional information about background. |
Command line shortcuts
In addition to the below command line shortcuts, it is
also helpful to use the alias command that allows you to
specify a keyword for frequently used commands or
mistakes.
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~ |
Moves to the user's home directory. |
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!! |
Repeats the line last entered at the shell. See
history command for previous commands. |
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!$ |
Repeats the last argument for the command last
used. See history command for previous commands. |
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reset |
Resets the terminal if terminal screen is not
displaying correctly. |
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shutdown -h now |
Remotely or locally shuts the system down. |
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