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Advanced Terminal Tips and Tricks
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Alt-delete
deletes the whole word before cursorAlt-d
deletes the whole word after cursorCtrl-k
deletes (kill) everything after the cursorWhatever is deleted is stored in the "killring" and can be pasted(yanked) back with
Ctrl-y
(like someone else already mentioned), consecutive uses ofAlt-delete
/Alt-d
add to the killring.Alt-b
/Alt-f
moves one word backwards / forwardsAlt-t
swaps (translocates) the current word with the previous oneCtrl-_
undo last edit operationAll those bindings are the same as in emacs.
Also, normally
Ctrl-d
inserts the end-of-file character, and typically can be used to close an active shell session or when you have some other interpreter open in the terminal for interactive input.