Comments on: Bash Tips for more efficient terminal usage

By: Linux tips

Linux tips — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:15:30 +0000

Nice collection of shortcuts and its very appreciable,this might be very use full to beginners…

By: TheLinuxBlog.com

TheLinuxBlog.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:28:49 +0000

Agreed, just have not got around to it yet.

By: Bojan

Bojan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:42:29 +0000

Nice collection of shortcuts, you should update this post and enter tips from comments.

By: bdk

bdk — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:27:26 +0000

If your a systems engineer, you may eventually have to dive into a router or a switch and most, if not all, control + key combos work just like they do under Linux. I use them so much that I find myself using them within an PSi and even in my emails. CTRL+ and VI commands become so second nature it is scary.

By: Technopotomus

Technopotomus — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:10:19 +0000

Even though it’s not as useful and powerful as the others, ctrl-L is handy when I just want a clean screen. Not too often, but sometimes especially if I have several sessions to a few boxes open, I like to clean up some of the clutter.

By: TheLinuxBlog.com

TheLinuxBlog.com — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:16 +0000

Thank you guys for all the comments, I don’t know how I could forget CTRL+R, very useful.
@ZLTY could be something to do with keyboard mappings, because ctrl+b/f on mine are the same as left / right arrows. As far as stopping the process, I battled with that word. You are correct, it is really “suspending the process” but since it said “stopped” in the terminal I thought that was appropriate.

By: Linerd

Linerd — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:40:26 +0000

I like to use the up and down arrow keys to recall previous commands from the shell history. Press the up arrow once to type the most recent command. Press it twice to type the second most recent, etc. If you go too far, the down arrow will take you forward again through the command history. Once you find the command you want, just hit enter. You can also use this in combination with your other line editing tips to edit the command before you execute it.

By: zlty

zlty — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:16:26 +0000

ctrl+z – it is not stopping the process actually, it puts in background where it still works, same as typing “command&”.
You wrote alt+b, alt+f it works (on my box) with ctrl. We also have ctrl+e which takes cursor to the end of line, ctrl+arrows which moves cursor to words.

By: georges

georges — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:44:23 +0000

ctrl+r lets you search in your history

!$ is replaced by the last word of the last command

esc+. is same as above, but replacement is made instantly, so you can edit if needed

By: Claudiu

Claudiu — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:05:32 +0000

ctrl + r = search in (command) history