Thursday, April 2, 2015

Unix and Linux shortcut keys

Keyboard shortcut keys
CTRL+B
Moves the cursor backward one character.
CTRL+C
Cancels the currently running command.
CTRL+D
Logs out of the current session.
CTRL+F
Moves the cursor forward one character.
CTRL+H
Erase one character. Similar to pressing backspace.
CTRL+P
Paste previous line(s).
CTRL+S
Stops all output on screen (XOFF).
CTRL+Q
Turns all output stopped on screen back on (XON).
CTRL+U
Erases the complete line.
CTRL+W
Deletes the last word typed in. For example, if you typed 'mv file1 file2' this shortcut would delete file2.
CTRL+Z
Cancels current operation, moves back a directory or takes the current operation and moves it to the background. See bg command for additional information about background.