Ubuntu Terminal Shortcut

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts is combinations of the keys that allow you to perform actions, such as opening the settings dialog or ACCE Ssing a feature inside Terminal quickly. These shortcuts can is modified to suit your preferences.

To change a keyboard shortcut:

2. Select Edit? Preferences? shortcuts.

4. Select the shortcut that is wish to edit by clicking on it.

6. Once the shortcut is selected and click on the shortcut key combination to edit it.

8. Press your desired shortcut key combination as you would enter it for use it. The keys, the can use include,,,, number and letter Alt Alt Gr Ctrl Shift keys.

   Mnemonic key combinations, such as + won't work Alt F .

10. Once you have entered your new shortcut, it'll automatically be saved and you should see it in the list next to the Corr Esponding action.

To disable a shortcut, edit it and press the instead of the Backspace new shortcut.

File Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options under File menu is:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
new tab	shift< /kbd>+ Ctrl + T
new window	Shift + Ctrl + N
close tab	shift< /kbd>+ Ctrl + W
close window	Shift + Ctrl + Q

Edit Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options under Edit menu is:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Copy	Ctrl+Shift+C
Paste	Ctrl+Shift+V

View Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for options in the View menu is:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Full Screen	F11
Zoom in	Ctrl++
Zoom out	Ctrl+-
Normal Size	Ctrl+0

Tab Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for working with tabs is:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Switch to Previous Tab	Ctrl+Page Up
Switch to Next Tab	Ctrl+Page Down
Move Tab to the left	Shift+Ctrl+Page Up
Move Tab to the right	Shift+Ctrl+Page Down
Switch to Tab 1	Alt+1
Switch to Tab 2	Alt+2
Switch to Tab 3	Alt+3
Switch to Tab 4	Alt+4
Switch to Tab 5	Alt+5
Switch to Tab 6	Alt+6
Switch to Tab 7	Alt+7
Switch to Tab 8	Alt+8
Switch to Tab 9	Alt+9
Switch to Tab 10	Alt+0

Help Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for accessing items in the Help menu is:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Contents	F1

Other

There is also some shortcuts that cannot be edited:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Scroll up by one line	Shift+Ctrl+Up
Scroll down by one line	Shift+Ctrl+Down

Bash Shortcuts

These is Bash shortcuts. Bash is usually the default shell.

Bash Shell specific keyboard shortcuts are:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Erase a Word	Ctrl+W
Erase a line	Ctrl+U
Move to the start of the line	Ctrl+A
Move to the end of the line	Ctrl+E
Move back one character	Ctrl+B
Move back one word	Alt+B
Move forward one character	Ctrl+F
Move forward one word	Alt+F
Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line.	Ctrl+u
Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.	Ctrl+K
Delete from the cursor to the start of the word.	Ctrl+W
Delete Previous Word	Esc+ Del or Esc + Backspace
Pastes text from the Clipboard.	Ctrl+Y
Clear the screen leaving the "the" at the top of the screen.	Ctrl+L
Reverse Incremental Search of history	Ctrl+R
Reverse Non-incremental Search of history	Alt+P

Shortcuts used in Ubuntu terminal

Ubuntu Terminal Shortcut