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Linux Commandline Shortcuts
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Andrei Clinciu
  • 2011-12-20T14:13:00Z
  • 1 min to read

So while reading the LPIC 1 certification book I compiled a list of the most used commandline shortcuts at that moment.

There  are of course many more interesting commands, this is just a short list.

Ctrl+P = upCtrl+N = downCtrl+R = backwards searchCtrl+G = don't searchCtrl+A = beginning of lineCtrl+E = end of lineCtrl+Left/Right = word at a timeCtrl+D = Del buttonCtrl+K = deletes all text from cursor to end of lineCtrl+X + Backspace = deletes all text from current cursor to beginning of lineCtrl+T= transpose characterEsc + t = transpose wordsEsc+U = from cursor to end of word => UPPERCASEEsc+l= from cursor to end of word=>lowercaseEsc+C = convert letter under cursor to uppercaseCtrl+X & CTRL+E = start editor defined by $EDITOR

 

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