Useful Linux Keyboard shortcuts

smallwei 9:48 pm on November 10, 2009 | Answers: 1    
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• smallwei 9:48 pm on November 10, 2009
  

  
  Ctrl + A   Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
  Ctrl + E   Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
  Ctrl + L   Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
  Ctrl + U   Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
  Ctrl + H   Same as backspace
  Ctrl + R   Let's you search through previously used commands
  Ctrl + C   Kill whatever you are running
  Ctrl + D   Exit the current shell
  Ctrl + Z   Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.
  Ctrl + W   Delete the word before the cursor
  Ctrl + K   Clear the line after the cursor
  Ctrl + T   Swap the last two characters before the cursor
  Esc + T   Swap the last two words before the cursor
  Alt + F   Move cursor forward one word on the current line
  Alt + B   Move cursor backward one word on the current line
  Tab         Auto-complete files and folder names