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David Montgomery 09 Apr 2010
I find I spend a lot of time on the command line using svn. It`s good to know these simple shortcuts that at the end of the day makes life easier. Of course there are more out there, but for me I can`t live without these ones.
The commands
- Clear screen - command + k
- Delete from end of line - control + u
- Return to beginning of line - control + a
- End of line - control + e
The gem
Yes, I have to admit it. I have always been jealous of those guys on their PC's while working on the command line. With a quick double click to a path anywhere, a click of the middle mouse button and bam, it gets pasted at your current focus. On a Mac you can`t do this so easily. But there is a way...
- Shift + command + double click - (to select the path)
- Click with middle mouse button - (to paste into current focus)
The challenge
I hope this has been helpful. Do you have any other "gems" that can make workflows more efficient on the command line? let us know. Your comments are always appreciated.
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Lance
Kind of a shortcut, adding common paths (EG mysql) to your profile on a Mac. The less I have to type the better...
edit the file: /etc/profile and update the path by adding:
usr/local/mysql/bin/
for example:
PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin"
From: http://www.comentum.com/mysql-administration.html
Tim Higgs
Hey Dave. Just thought I'd make mention of a couple of things. Your first shortcut is a Mac OS X terminal shortcut; the rest are shell shortcuts (so tsch or bash etc...). An alternative to the "command k" / "clear screen" command is "ctrl l" - which works for several shells ("command k" kills scroll history too).
Some additional shell shortcuts (that work in a few different shells) that are really useful:
- 'ctrl k' : cut from cursor to end of line (puts into cut / paste buffer)
- 'ctrl y' : paste from buffer (will also paste text cut with 'ctrl u')
- 'ctrl a' / 'ctrl e' : move to start / to end of line
- 'esc' then 'delete' : cut one word (which of course can then be pasted)
- 'esc' then 'l' / 'c' / 'u' : make the following word lowercase / capitalised / uppercase
Handily, a bunch of these shortcuts work in a variety of text editors, such as EMACS
Dave
Hey Thanks Tim, great stuff, really useful!