Commands tagged keyboard shortcuts (2)

  • Display all readline binding that use CTRL

    Useful for getting to know the available keyboard shortcuts. Show Sample Output


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    bind -p | grep -F "\C"
    root · 2009-02-03 16:22:14 60
  • move cursor to beginning of command line

    Pressing Ctrl combined with 'a' will move the cursor to the beginning of the command under bash (other shells?). I used to do this after arrowing up for the last command, then typing 'sudo ' to run the last command as root, but of course the all time greatest command here `sudo !!` is more succinct. Still Ctrl+A can be very useful when you want to edit something at/close to the beginning of the command line.


    4
    Ctrl+a
    jemptymethod · 2010-10-11 16:02:57 14

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