Many of the operations in Ubuntu are very fast in the terminal (Terminal), remembering that some shortcuts are more handy to operate. The shortcut key to open the terminal in Ubuntu is ctrl+alt+t. Some of the other common shortcut keys are as follows
Shortcut key function
Tab Auto-complete
CTRL + A cursor moves to the start position
Ctrl+e cursor moves to the very end
Ctrl+k Delete all content from here to the end
Ctrl+u Delete all content from here to start
Ctrl+d Delete the current character
Ctrl+h Delete the previous character of the current character
Ctrl+w Delete the word here to the left
Ctrl+y pasted words deleted by Ctrl+u, Ctrl+d, ctrl+w
Ctrl+l equivalent to clear, that is, clear screen
Ctrl+r Find History command
CTRL+B move the cursor back
CTRL+F Move Cursor Forward
Ctrl+t the position of the character and the previous character of the cursor position Exchange
ctrl+& restore ctrl+h or ctrl+d or ctrl+w deleted content
Ctrl+s Pause Screen Output
Ctrl+q Continue screen output
Ctrl+left-arrow cursor moves to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl+right-arrow cursor moves to the ending of the next word
Ctrl+p Show cache command up
CTRL + N Displays the cache command down
Ctrl+d Closing the terminal
Ctrl+xx at EOL and current cursor position
[email protected] shows possible hostname completion
CTRL + C terminate process/command
Shift + scroll up or down the terminal
SHIFT+PGUP/PGDN Terminal scroll down page
Ctrl+shift+n New Terminal
ALT+F2 Input Gnome-terminal Open terminal
Shift+ctrl+t Opening a new tab page
Shift+ctrl+w closing Tabs
Shift+ctrl+c replication
Shift+ctrl+v paste
ALT + number switch to the corresponding tab
Shift+ctrl+n opening a new terminal window
shift+ctrl+q Tube Wall Terminal window
Shift+ctrl+pgup/pgdn Left Shift tab right
CTRL+PGUP/PGDN Toggle tab Page
F1 Opening help Guide
F10 Activating the menu bar
F11 Full Screen Toggle
Alt+f Open the File menu
Alt+e Open the Edit menu
Alt+v Open the View menu
Alt+s Open the Search menu
Alt+t Opening the Terminal menu (terminal)
Alt+h Open the Help menu
Other tips include: at the terminal window command prompt, press the TAB key two times, or press the ESC key three times, or press Ctrl+i to display all the commands and the tool name. The application key, which is the key to the left of the right Ctrl key on the keyboard, acts as a right mouse button.
Ubuntu Terminal Terminal Common shortcut keys