Being 2x Faster in the Terminal

We’re going to achieve the faster flow with ‘bash shortcut’.

I think it’s better by show you by an example of editing. Here below I edit the simple python one-liner server command.

What’s going on:

• Ctrl+R (reverse-i-search) → type pyt.. → got python3 -m http.server 9000

I = interactive. Search in command history. If the result is not what you’re looking for, you can continue the search by press Ctrl+R.

• Alt+F (go forward one word) → this skip the word python3 (words are separated by a space, tab or delimiter like ; , | etc.)

Then I edit python3 to python2

• Ctrl+K (delete after cursor) → delete after where you have been typing

Then I just type SimpleHTTPServer

oops I forgot the -m

• Alt+B (go back one word) → go back one word

then I add -m flag

• Ctrl+E (go to the last) → go to end of line

Then I add port 8000

I’ve just finished show you an example so I would like to delete this line by

• Ctrl+U (delete before cursor) → my cursor is at the end of line so now I delete the line (opposite to Ctrl+K delete after cursor)

finish

For the full list of bash shortcut, I would recommend this link on the great references SS64:

bash keyboard shortcuts - Linux - SS64.com

SS64.com

You might wonder why there are some key like:

e.g. Ctrl+h (delete char) → back space

at that time there are no arrow key on the keyboard.

However, at least for me, the Emacs keybinding is more ergonomic and faster for typing than the modern keyboard.

Cheers

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