Console¶
Shortcuts¶
This shortcuts applicable to bash, zsh, emacs and python console.
Shortcut |
Description |
|---|---|
Tab |
Auto-complete files and folder names |
Ctrl+R |
Search through used commands |
Ctrl+P |
Show previous line |
Ctrl+N |
Show next line |
Alt+B |
Move cursor backward one word on the current line |
Alt+F |
Move cursor forward one word on the current line |
Ctrl+B |
Move cursor backward one character |
Ctrl+F |
Move cursor backward one character |
Ctrl+A |
Move cursor to the beginning |
Ctrl+E |
Move cursor to the end |
Ctrl+W |
Delete the word before the cursor |
Ctrl+H |
Delete one character before the cursor. Same as backspace |
Ctrl+L |
Clears the screen, similar with clear command |
Ctrl+U |
Clears the line before the cursor position |
Ctrl+K |
Clear the line after the cursor |
Ctrl+T |
Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
Alt+T |
Swap the last two words before the cursor |
Ctrl+C |
Kill whatever you are running |
Ctrl+D |
Exit the current shell |
Ctrl+Z |
Puts into a suspended background process. |
Manipulate Process After Ctrl+Z¶
This is useful so you don’t have to open two or more console.
... run job ...
$ python -m http.server
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...
(Ctrl+Z)
... see all jobs ...
$ jobs
[1]+ Stopped python -m http.server
... revive stopped jobs in the background ...
$ bg 1
... or ...
$ bg %1
... revive stopped jobs ...
$ fg 1
... or ...
$ fg %1
Though the more easy way is just send the job to the background from the beginning by append & at the end.
$ python -m http.server &
Better cmd¶
After some times I got tired of the ugly cmd. But PowerShell is not quite fit my taste too. Especially after some times with Bash. After trying several alternatives, I found cmder is the best.
Here’s some great features:
Better auto completion (including back slash for folder).
Bash shortcut in cmd.
Context menu in Windows Explorer.
Color.
Git (with branch name in red color if dirty).
She can even use other font to substitute missing glyph of the main font. I’m obsessed with Monaco. Sadly she didn’t have lambda character. So let’s substitute them.
Select .
Change Unicode ranges to
Pseudographics: 0370-03FF; 2013-25C4;Click Apply.