[PLUG] Shell Shortcuts

[Tyler F. Creelan]

I put together this list of handy shortcuts in the bash shell, a lot of
them apply in other shells as well.

Handy shell shortcuts

key		effect
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Control A	jump to start of line
Control E	jump to end of line
Control K	delete to end of line
Control U	delete whole line
Control L	clear screen
Control D	log out / delete character

Control Y	yank deletions
Control X ~	list user accounts
Control W	delete word to the left
Control T	transpose two characters

Control F	Move forward a character
Control B	Move backward a character
Meta F		move forward one word
Meta B		move backward one word

Control R	search history in reverse
Control S	search history
Control P	move up history
Control N	move down history
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More info:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_chapter/bashref_8.html#SEC100




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Tyler F. Creelan
College of Engineering
Oregon State University
503-618-3101
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