I was reading this post today on how to become a command line ninja and here is some interesting stuff I learned:
- Ctrl+U: This clears the entire line so you can type in a completely new command.
- Ctrl+K: This deletes the line from the position of the cursor to the end of the line.
- Ctrl+W: This deletes the word before the cursor only.
- Ctrl+R: This lets you search your command history for something specific. For example, if you wanted to search for the recent commands that included
nano, you would hit Ctrl+R and typenano. It would show your most recent command, and you could use the up and down arrows to cycle through your history of commands usingnanoin them.
