Terminal shortcuts

Shortcuts that aren't engrained

• Ctrl + XX
  • move between start of command line and current cursor position (and back again)
• Alt + T
  • swap current word with previous
• Alt + U
  • uppercase from cursor to end of word
• Alt + L
  • lowercase from cursor to end of word
• Alt + .
  • use the last word of the previous command**

fzf shortcuts

• Ctrl-R
  • better searching through history with fzf
• CTRL-T
  • list of files and folders in the current directory
  • pastes the selected path to the command line
• ALT-C
  • lists subdirectories in the current directory
  • cd into the selected directory

Bang (!) Commands

• !!
  • run last command
  • sudo !!
• !blah
  • run the most recent command that starts with ‘blah’
  • !ls
• !$
  • the last word of the previous command
  • same as Alt + .
  • !$:p
    • print out the word that !$ would substitute
    • instead of running it
• !*
  • the previous command except for the last word
  • find some_file.txt /
  • !* would give you find some_file.txt
  • !*:p
    • print out what !* would substitute
    • instead of running it

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Last update: 2023-04-24