Unix shell - shortcut keys
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When typing long commands in a Terminal shell, it can be frustrating when you make a typing mistake and have to delete or use the left arrow to go back and fix this mistake. Below is a list of little shortcut keys which can help navigate around and type commands more rapidly.
Unix Shell - Shortcut Keys
- [up / down arrow] - recall previous commands. **
- [left / right arrow] - go back/forward one character (obvious).
- [tab] - use this to autocomplete a file name/path. ***
- [tab]+[tab] - shows commands starting with chars you've typed or available files matching file path. ***
- [ctrl]+[a] - jump to start of line (very useful). **
- [ctrl]+[e] - jump to end of line. **
- [ctrl]+[u] - clear the current line (very useful). ***
- [esc] then [f] / [b] - move forward or back one word (very useful). **
- [esc] then [u] / [l] - make all characters beyond this point to the end of the word upper or lowercase (useless).