bash – a simple tutorial
Contents
bash : Gnu Bourne-Again SHell
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
bash : Manual
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html
bash : Control Key
| Ctrl + a | begin line |
| Ctrl + e | end line |
| Ctrl + w | delete word |
| Ctrl + l | clear screen |
| Ctr + t | change position of 2 characters |
| Ctr + r | search history commands |
| esc + backspace | delete a word |
| esc + b | go backword one word |
| esc + f | go forward one word |
| esc + d | delete one word |
| esc + c | change first letter to uppercase, go forward one word |
| esc + l | change first letter to lowercase. go forward one word |
| esc + u | change one word to uppercase |
| esc + t | change position of 2 words |
| Ctrl + A | Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on |
| Ctrl + E | Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on |
| Ctrl + L | Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command |
| Ctrl + U | Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. |
| Ctrl + H | Same as backspace |
| Ctrl + R | Let¢s you search through previously used commands |
| Ctrl + C | Kill whatever you are running |
| Ctrl + D | Exit the current shell |
| Ctrl + Z | Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. |
| Ctrl + W | Delete the word before the cursor |
| Ctrl + K | Clear the line after the cursor |
| Ctrl + T | Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
| Esc + T | Swap the last two words before the cursor |
| Alt + F | Move cursor forward one word on the current line |
| Alt + B | Move cursor backward one word on the current line |
| Tab | Auto-complete files and folder names |