donovanglover-nix-config/help/tty.md

Moving Around

• Move to the previous terminal: Alt+Left
• Move to the next terminal: Alt+Right
• Switch to the Nth terminal: Ctrl+Alt+F<N>
• Scroll up: Shift+PgUp
• Scroll down: Shift+PgDn

Manipulating Text

• Copy text: Ctrl+Shift+C
• Paste text: Ctrl+Shift+V
• Go to the beginning of the line: Ctrl+A
• Go to the end of the line: Ctrl+E
• Remove everything after the cursor: Ctrl+K

Piping

• Take the output from a and use it as the input for b: a | b
• Take the output from a and write it to the file b: a > b
• Take the output from a and append it to the file b: a >> b

Wildcard

• Use * anywhere as a wildcard to find all matches

Control Keys

• Cancel the running command: Ctrl+C
• Suspend the current process (resume with fg): Ctrl+Z