Here are some keyboard shortcuts that i used to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– in the linux shell, type the beginning of a command that you usually use and press two times on the tab key, the way to let it guess what should follow or to get choices between several possibilities
– shift+fn and key up or down to scroll the text rapidly in the shell
– ctrl+shift and key up or down to scroll the text slowly in the shell
– fn and key up or down in the vi or nano editor to scroll the text faster
– ctrl+d in the web browser to bookmark the page
– alt+tab to switch between opened applications
– ctrl+c to terminate a console program
– under Linux : ctrl+alt+backspace to close the active session (useful in case of blocking)
– under Linux : hold alt+left click on the inside of a Windows and move it
– key “F2” to rename a file in the file explorer
– ctrl+a to select all files or all text
– ctrl+c to copy the selection
– ctrl+v to paste the selection
– ctrl+x to cut the selection
– ctrl+t to open a new tab in the web browser
– alt+f4 to close a window
– key up or down in the shell to recover commands done previously
– backspace in the file explorer to go back to the parent directory or to go back to the previous page in the web browser
– the vi editor under Linux is a bit complicated to use. Here are some tips :
Press the “a” key to begin to type your text and press ecape when you have finished the typing
Type : “\/mysearch” and press enter to search for “mysearch” in the file, then press “n” to go to the next occurrence and shift+n to go to the previous occurrence.
Exit the typing (escape) and press two times on “d” to delete an entire line.
Type “:q” and press enter to quit or “:q!” to quit without saving the changes. Type “:wq” to save and quit the file.
– in notepad, gedit, web browsers or all other text editors : ctrl+f to search for a string
– only in notepad, Windows editors and web browsers under Windows or Linux : after a string search press “F3” to go to the next occurrence.
– in majority of editors press ctrl+s to save changes
– Using keyboard shortcuts for copy pasting in the terminal. On Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions, you can use Ctrl+Insert or Ctrl+shift+C for copying text and Shift+Insert or Ctrl+shift+V for pasting text in the terminal.
Ctrl+Insert to copy and shift+insert to paste text in the shell or in vi, nano or in all other shell editor
– in the shell : double click on a word, then right click on it and copy to copy the text
– ctrl+alt+l to lock the current session
– ctrl+alt+t to run the linux terminal
– set focus to the url bar in your webbrowser: alt+d
– exit session from command line: ctrl+alt+t then gnome-session-quit
– shift+page up or shift+page down to scroll the text in the terminal
– Create Symlink in Linux
To create a symlink without a terminal, just hold Shift+Ctrl and drag the file or folder you want to link to to the location where you want the shortcut.
– type “whereis myfile” in the terminal where myfile is the file you are looking for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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