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Home / How To / Linux Terminal Shortcuts Cheat Sheet You Must Know

Linux Terminal Shortcuts Cheat Sheet You Must Know

By Sourabh / October 2, 2023 Category: How To, Ubuntu

If you want to know that shortcut to open terminal in current directory in Ubuntu, here is the Linux terminal shortcuts cheat sheet . Must-know these terminal shortcuts for Linux Ubuntu Systems.

Linux Terminal Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

  1. Super key: To open activities search.
  2. Ctrl+Alt+T: Ubuntu terminal shortcut.
  3. Ctrl+Alt+L: Locks the screen.
  4. Ctrl+Alt+D: Show desktop.
  5. Super+A: Shows the application menu.
  6. Super+Tab or Alt+Tab: Switch between running applications.
  7. Ctrl + Shift + N: Open a new terminal window.
  8. Ctrl + Shift + T: Open a new tab in the terminal.
  9. Ctrl + Shift + N: Open a new terminal window.
  10. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste copied text or command.
  11. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy the selected text or command.
  12. Ctrl+Q: Close an application window.
  13. Ctrl+Alt+arrow: Move between workspaces.
  14. Ctrl + A: Move to the start of the line
  15. Ctrl + E: Move to the end of the line.
  16. Ctrl + U: Delete from the cursor to the start of the line.
  17. Ctrl + K: Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.
  18. Ctrl + W: Delete the word before the cursor.
  19. Ctrl + L: Clear the terminal screen.
  20. Ctrl + C:Stop the current process/command.
  21. Ctrl + D: Log out or exit the terminal.
  22. Ctrl + Z: Pause the current process (can be resumed).
  23. Ctrl + R: Search command history (backward search).
  24. Up Arrow: Show the previous command (from the command history).
  25. Down Arrow: Show the next command (from the command history).
  26. Tab: Auto-complete commands, files, or directories.
  27. Use of Tab: To get suggestions
  28. Ctrl + Shift + F: Find
  29. Command 1;Command 2: Run multiple commands
  30. Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Switch between terminal tabs.

There are many more shortcut for Linux Ubuntu, but these given above are the most useful among them.

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