Often, you will be referred to instructions that require commands to be pasted into the terminal. You might be wondering why the text you've copied from a web page using Ctrl+C won't paste in with Ctrl+V. Surely you don't have to type in all those nasty commands and filenames? Relax. Middle Button Click on your mouse (both buttons simultaneously on a two-button mouse) or Right Click and select from the menu.
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Up Arrow or Ctrl+p |
Scrolls through the commands you've entered previously. |
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Down Arrow or Ctrl+n |
Takes you back to a more recent command. |
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Enter |
When you have the command you want. |
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Tab |
A very useful feature. It autocompletes any commands or filenames, if there's only one option, or else gives you a list of options. |
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The mouse won't work. Use the Left/Right arrow keys to move around the line.
When the cursor is where you want it in the line, typing inserts text, it doesn't overtype what's already there.
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Ctrl+a or Home |
Moves the cursor to the start of a line. |
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Ctrl+e or End |
Moves the cursor to the end of a line. |
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Ctrl+k |
Deletes from the current cursor position to the end of the line. |
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Ctrl+u |
Deletes the whole of the current line. |
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Ctrl+w |
Deletes the word before the cursor. |
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