These shortcuts aren't provided by the terminal or the shell but the readline library (or zle if you use zsh), which can be configured using the ~/.inputrc file.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
94 points (92.0% liked)
Linux
48074 readers
1297 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
Some of these are provided by the readline library (ctrl-a/e/k/y etc), others are provided by the shell (ctrl-c, ctrl-z, etc), and others are the terminal emulator (ctrl-shift-c/v/n/t, etc).
I have a small gripe with this article: CTRL+K, CTRL+U and CTRL+W don't "delete", they "cut", and the clipboard can be accessed with CTRL+Y, which the article also fails to mention.
Only the last five are terminal shortcuts (for some terminal emulator, which the author doesn't specify).
Most of first ones are specifically emacs-like shortcuts used by readline() as bash uses it. You can also set it up to use vi-like shortcuts (I mean, I use emacs, but just pointing out that they're there).
The bang-history stuff with the exclamation points is also a bash feature.
If you use a shell other than bash, or if you aren't in the shell, those won't necessarily apply (unless a given application is also using readline() with emacs-like keybindings).
Shortcuts for some different shells:
- Nushell (reedline): nushell.sh/book/line_editor
- Bash: (readline): gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Readline-Interaction
- Fish: fishshell.com/docs/current/interactive#shared-bindings
As you can see, most of them use shortcuts from Emacs and Vi
They missed my personal favourite:
SHIFT + INSERT ... paste the content of the PRIMARY select buffer (currently selected text).
Middle click gang has beef
Or... VIM commands! set -o vi!!!!
man bash
I wish they just put a biiiit more detail, like good job getting the word out please add some explanation.
Very useful. Thanks.
Is there any mirror for this? I don't know if this has been posted to some other site as well, but the web site seems to be overloaded with traffic right now and I can't see the article.