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» Remove empty directories
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» Checksum directory recursively
» Change prompt color dynamically
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Selected Bash Keystrokes:
Ctrl-U - Cuts everything to the left
Ctrl-W - Cuts the word to the left
Ctrl-Y - Pastes what's in the buffer
Ctrl-A - Go to beginning of line
Ctrl-E - Go to end of line
Ctrl-U - Cuts everything to the left
Ctrl-W - Cuts the word to the left
Ctrl-Y - Pastes what's in the buffer
Ctrl-A - Go to beginning of line
Ctrl-E - Go to end of line
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ALT-F moves forward (right) one word
ALT-L moves forward (right) one word
ALT-B moves back (left) one word
ALT-D deletes one word to the right
I don't seem to use ALT-D that much, but I love ALT-F, ALT-B and CTRL-W. Some terminal emulators hijack ALT-F for their menus but, to my delight, at least gnome-terminal has a configuration option that lets you disable that feature so you can use it in the shell.
ALT-L moves forward (right) one word
ALT-B moves back (left) one word
ALT-D deletes one word to the right
I don't seem to use ALT-D that much, but I love ALT-F, ALT-B and CTRL-W. Some terminal emulators hijack ALT-F for their menus but, to my delight, at least gnome-terminal has a configuration option that lets you disable that feature so you can use it in the shell.
Posted 2009-03-02 21:36:59
IanSlight correction to ALT-L:
ALT-L moves right one word changing the entire word to lowercase letters
ALT-U moves right one word changing the entire word to uppercase
ALT-C moves right one word capitalising the word
ALT-L moves right one word changing the entire word to lowercase letters
ALT-U moves right one word changing the entire word to uppercase
ALT-C moves right one word capitalising the word
Posted 2009-04-23 10:45:09
d2207197ctrl-p :previous command in history
ctrl-p is more efficient than !! or up-arrow(especially in dvorak layout)
ctrl-p is more efficient than !! or up-arrow(especially in dvorak layout)
Posted 2010-07-18 21:55:27
CTRL-U cuts everything to the left
CTRL-K cuts everything to the right