Linux Shortcuts

Cursor Movement

[CTRL] + A - Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

[CTRL] + E - Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

[CTRL] + [←] / [→] - Jump at the beginning of the current/previous word.

[ALT] + B / F - Jump backward/forward one word.

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Erase The Current Line

[CTRL] + U - Erase everything from the current position of the cursor to the beginning of the line.

[Ctrl] + K - Erase everything from the current position of the cursor to the end of the line.

[Ctrl] + W - Erase the word preceding the cursor position.

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Paste Erased Contents

[Ctrl] + Y - Pastes the erased text or word.

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Ends Task

[CTRL] + C - Ends the current task/process by sending the SIGINT signal. For example, this can be a scan that is running by a tool. If we are watching the scan, we can stop it / kill this process by using this shortcut. While not configured and developed by the tool we are using. The process will be killed without asking us for confirmation.

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End-of-File (EOF)

[CTRL] + D - Close STDIN pipe that is also known as End-of-File (EOF) or End-of-Transmission.

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Clear Terminal

[CTRL] + L - Clears the terminal. An alternative to this shortcut is the clear command you can type to clear our terminal.

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Background a Process

[CTRL] + Z - Suspend the current process by sending the SIGTSTP signal.

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Search Through Command History

[CTRL] + R - Search through command history for commands we typed previously that match our search patterns.

[↑] / [↓] - Go to the previous/next command in the command history.

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Switch Between Applications

[ALT] + [TAB] - Switch between opened applications.

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Zoom

[CTRL] + [+] - Zoom in.

[CTRL] + [-] - Zoom out.