Shortcuts to make the shell prompt working more easier

Important keyboard shortcuts in Linux Shell(BASH)

Following keyboard shortcuts are very useful while working in Bash

•     Ctrl +u Cut the current line
•     Ctrl+y Paste the line which has been earlier with Ctrl +u
•     Ctrl +L clear the screen
•     Ctrl+G get the new line and abandon the current line
•     Ctrl+A go to beginning of the line
•     Ctrl+e go to End of line
•     Ctrl+k Erase from the cursor to the end of line
•     Ctrl +r search in the history
•     Ctrl+w cuts a word backwards
•     Ctrl+d  Tired of typing 'exit' to close a terminal? Just hit ctrl+d on a blank line and boom!
•     Ctrl+right - Jump one word to the right.
•     Ctrl+left - Jump one word to the left.
•     !! Repeat last command

 Some Vim shortcuts

• Some productivity tips:
• Smart movements
• * and # search for the word under the cursor forward/backward.
• w to the next word
• W to the next space-separated word
• b / e to the begin/end of the current word. (B / E for space separated only)
• gg / G jump to the begin/end of the file.
• %jump to the matching { .. } or ( .. ), etc..
• { / } jump to next paragraph.
• Quick editing commands
• I insert at the begin.
• A append to end.
• o / O open a new line after/before the current.
• v / V visual mode (to select text!)
• Shift+R replace text
• C change remaining part of line.
• Combining commands
• Most commands accept a amount and direction, for example:
• cW = change till end of word
• 3cW = change 3 words
• BcW = to begin of full word,
• change full word ciW = change inner word.
• ci" = change inner between ".."
• ci( = change text between ( .. )
• 4dd = delete 4 lines
• 3x = delete 3 characters.
• 3s = substitute 3 characters.
• Useful programmer commands
• r replace one character (e.g. rd replaces the current char with d).
•  ~ changes case.
• J joins two lines
• Ctrl+A / Ctrl+X increments/decrements a number.
• . repeat last command (a simple macro)
• = indent line (specify a range, or use visual mode)
• Macro recording
• Press q[key] to start recording.
• Then hit q to stop recording.
• The macro can be played with @[key].