Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts For Beginner - Now we talking about Linux commands again. Today I'll share a simple tricks using Linux terminal. Seriously, you must know how to use CLI (Command Line Interface) in your terminal. That's really important things for you to learn GNU/Linux.
Why CLI is important? It's practice, simple, efficient and powerful. Example using APT to install/configure applications. Before this post, I already post a useful command for package management system in Debian and derivatives. You can read Basic Commands of APT-GET and APT-CACHE for Package Management.
Why CLI is important? It's practice, simple, efficient and powerful. Example using APT to install/configure applications. Before this post, I already post a useful command for package management system in Debian and derivatives. You can read Basic Commands of APT-GET and APT-CACHE for Package Management.
Why Command-line?
However there are GUIs (graphical user interfaces) on Linux, the traditional Unix environment is a CLI (command line interface), where you type commands to tell the computer what to do. That's faster and more powerful, but requires finding out what the commands are.
There are many varieties of Linux, but almost all of them use similar commands that can be entered from a command-line interface terminal.
Opening Terminal
1. Unity
For Ubuntu GNU/Linux users that using Unity as default desktop, you can open the Terminal by 'search' function on the dash, or click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. Below are the methods opening terminal in Unity :
- From Dash -> Search for Terminal
- From Dash -> More Apps -> See More Results -> Terminal
- From Dash -> More Apps -> Accessories -> Terminal
- Keyboard Shortcut : Ctrl + Alt + T
2. Gnome
Gnome was originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. This desktop environment is part of the GNU project, a desktop environment that is composed entirely of free and open-source software. Gnome is a classic desktop environment for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) and is the default desktop environment in earlier releases, such as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid). Below are the methods opening terminal in Gnome :
- Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal.
- Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T
Linux Terminal Keyboard Shortcut
So below are the lists of terminal shortcut key to help you work faster when using command line :
Keyboard Shortcuts | Shortcuts Function |
---|---|
Ctrl + Shift + N | Open new terminal window |
Ctrl + Shift + T | Open new tab on Current terminal |
Ctrl + Shift + D | Detach Window |
Ctrl + Shift + W | Close current tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Q | Close terminal window |
Ctrl + PageUp | Move to previous tab |
Ctrl + PageDown | Move to next tab |
Alt + Number (1,2,3) | Move to tab 1/2/3 |
Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy from terminal |
Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste to terminal |
Ctrl + Shift + A | Select All |
Ctrl + Shift + F | Search |
Up Arrow / Ctrl + P | Scrolls through the commands you've entered before |
Down Arrow / Ctrl + N | Takes you back to a more recent command |
tab | Auto completes any commands or file names |
Ctrl + R | Searches for commands you've already typed |
Ctrl + A / Home | Moves the cursor to the start of a line |
Ctrl + E / End | Moves the cursor to the end of a line |
Ctrl + K | Deletes from the current cursor position to the end of the line |
Ctrl + U | Deletes from the start of the line to the current cursor position |
Ctrl + W | Deletes the word before the cursor |
Ctrl + Y | Revert that remove by Ctrl + W |
Alt + B | Goes back one word at a time |
Alt + Shift + F | Moves forward one word at a time |
Alt + C | Capitalizes letter where cursor is and moves to end of word |
Ctrl + L | Clear terminal output |
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