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Terminal schortcuts

  • Ctrl + A : Begin
  • Ctrl+ E : End
  • Ctrl + U : Clear up line
  • Ctrl + L : Clear Screen
  • Ctrl + d : Delete Line
  • Ctrl + - : Undo
  • Ctrl + Left & Ctrl + Right: Hitting Ctrl and the left or right arrow keys jumps between arguments in your command.
  • Ctrl+ U: This clears the entire line
  • Ctrl + K: This deletes the line from the position of the cursor to the end of the line
  • Ctrl + R: This lets you search your command history for something specific.
  • Meta + W : Delete
  • Meta + F : Word Forward
  • Meta + B : Word Backwards

https://lifehacker.com/5743814/become-a-command-line-ninja-with-these-time-saving-shortcuts

Use of Terminal

  • Output Redirection: >
  • Append Output: >>
  • Pipe contents: |
  • Show File contents: cat
  • Search: Grep/Rg + Regex & Search;