shorcut

Auto-Complete

• [TAB] - Initiates auto-complete. This will suggest to us different options based on the STDIN we provide.
  • These can be specific suggestions like directories in our current working environment, commands starting with the same number of characters we already typed, or options.

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.

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.

Paste Erased Contents

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

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.

End-of-File (EOF)

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

Clear Terminal

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

Background a Process

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

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.

Switch Between Applications

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

Zoom

• [CTRL] + [+] - Zoom in.
• [CTRL] + [-] - Zoom out.