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Linux CLI 15 🐧 shortcuts

Very useful shortcuts that make your life in the terminal easy

Ctrl + A → Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
Ctrl + E → Move cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl + R → Reverse search through the command history for a previous command.
Ctrl + W → Kill (delete) word to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl + L → Clear the screen
Ctrl + H → Delete the character to the left of the cursor.

Ctrl + Shift + C → Copy text to clipboard
Ctrl + Shift + V → Paste text from clipboard into the terminal.
Ctrl + X → Exit from the current mode (e.g., overwriting mode) back to the command line.
Ctrl + J → Enter a new line without moving to the next tab stop.
Ctrl + P → History browsing – go back in command history
Ctrl + N → History browsing – go ahead in command history

Ctrl + Shift + K → Cut from current position to the end of the line and save it in kill buffer for pasting.
Ctrl + K → Cut from current position to the end of the line.
Ctrl + U → Cut from current position to the beginning of the line.
Alt + D → Cut from current position to the end of the word
Alt + Backspace → Cut from current position to beginning of the word
Ctrl + Y → Paste text from kill buffer into the line at the cursor position.

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