Comments on: Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash ( Command Shell for Ubuntu, Debian, Suse, Redhat, Linux, etc)

By: Villaroko

Villaroko — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:09:13 +0000

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By: Khaled

Khaled — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:59:04 +0000

set -o vi
gives you vim power over your bash commands .. kinda cool.

By: tmg

tmg — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:46:18 +0000

Another to have handy is using PgUp and PgDn to cycle through command history matching what is left of the cursor.

m[PgUp] may show the recent mv, mount, or mkdir commands you have issued.

By: appleguy

appleguy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:07:20 +0000

These are great tips – thanks everyone! And thanks to Rowan for the compiled list.

For anybody using iTerm instead of Terminal, the setting to use “Option” key as “Meta” is buried, but still there.

Bookmarks > Manage Profiles
Keyboard profiles > xterm (OS X)
Option Key as “+Esc”

By: rizme

rizme — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:52:29 +0000

if you want to color your shell try this

export PS1=”\e[3;35\m]/u@ /h /w “

By: Srikanth

Srikanth — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:44:49 +0000

I find this shortcut very useful:

ESC + . (dot) = Repeats the last command’s last argument

For example:

mkdir ~/bin/blah/blew
cd ESC+.

By: hdh

hdh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:19 +0000

Ctrl+\ sends SIGKILL, which cannot be ignored. Thus it is more effective in ending programs.

By: Peteris Krumins

Peteris Krumins — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:35:27 +0000

I wrote two detailed posts on both command line editing modes there are in Bash — vi editing mode and emacs editing mode:

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/b.....eat-sheet/

and

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/b.....eat-sheet/

By: Art

Art — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:17 +0000

Ctrl + P: go to previous command in history
Ctrl + N: go to next command in history
Up and Down arrows do same
Ctrl + R: search history backwards

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:37:24 +0000

Erik – those hints for the OSX terminal are exactly what I’ve being looking for. Since leaving the world of windows I’ve been missing alt+.

Thanks!!