Shortcut Keys For Linux And Unix

As difficult as Linux sounds, it isn’t. We all have this craving love for Windows and that is the probable reason for us to not switch to Linux. But, apart from the convenience it offers, it is sure to make you head over heels once you start using it. Shifting the focus to the topic that we are likely to discuss and that is – Shortcut Keys, they sure are boon to most of us. They help in saving our time as well as energy. The added bonus is, learning these shortcut keys and showing off your genius ability.

Coming right up are the bunch of shortcut keys that will make things easy for you when you are on any distro of Linux. Be it Fedora or Kali Linux, these shortcut keys work for all of them.

Shortcut Keys for Keyboard

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + B	Shifts the cursor back by one character
Ctrl + C	This key cancels the command that is presently running
Ctrl + D	Logs from the present session
Ctrl + F	Shifts the cursor forward by one character
Ctrl + H	Acts similar to the backspace key. Wipes off one character.
Ctrl + P	Pastes the last used lines
Ctrl + S	The Output on screen is put to halt.
Ctrl + Q	The Output on scree is put back on action.
Ctrl + U	Wipes off the entire line.
Ctrl + W	Erases the last words that has been typed.
Ctrl + Z	Cancels all the presently running applications. Switches back to the present directory.

Shortcut keys for Command Line

The command line shortcut keys are definitely useful to you if you want to save yourself the trouble of using your mousepad for visiting all the locations. These keys coming up can be tried using the alias command also. This will help in creating shortcut commands that stay with you for a very long time.

Shortcut	Description
~	Takes you to the home directory of the user
!!	The last line entered in the shell gets repeated using this set of keys.
!$	For the command that was used last, these keys repeat the arguments.
reset	If the terminal key is out of order, these key resets the terminal
shutdown -h now	It takes down the system i.e. either locally or remotely.

Conclusion

This brings us down to the conclusion of these super powerful shortcut keys that can be openly used in Linux and Unix. However, to all the tech geniuses out there, don’t try these keys on your favourite "Windows" as that might disappoint you.!

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