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# Keyboard Shortcuts

<table><thead><tr><th width="283">Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + N</code></mark></td><td>Open new terminal window.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + T</code></mark></td><td>Open new tab on current terminal.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + D</code></mark></td><td>Detach window.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + W</code></mark></td><td>Close current tab.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + Q</code></mark></td><td>Close terminal window.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + PageUp</code></mark></td><td>Move to previous tab.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + PageDown</code></mark></td><td>Move to next tab.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Alt + Number (1,2,3)</code></mark></td><td>Move to tab 1/2/3.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + C</code></mark></td><td>Copy from terminal.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + V</code></mark></td><td>Paste to terminal.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + A</code></mark></td><td>Select all.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Shift + F</code></mark></td><td>Search.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Up Arrow / Ctrl + P</code></mark></td><td>Scrolls through the commands you've entered before.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Down Arrow / Ctrl + N</code></mark></td><td>Takes you back to a more recent command.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + R</code></mark></td><td>Searches for commands you've already typed.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + A / Home</code></mark></td><td>Moves the cursor to the start of a line.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + E / End</code></mark></td><td>Moves the cursor to the end of a line.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + K</code></mark></td><td>Deletes from the current cursor position to the end of the line.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + U</code></mark></td><td>Deletes from the start of the line to the current cursor position.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + W</code></mark></td><td>Deletes the word before the cursor.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + Y</code></mark></td><td>Revert that remove by Ctrl + W.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Alt + B</code></mark></td><td>Goes back one word at a time.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Alt + Shift + F</code></mark></td><td>Moves forward one word at a time.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Alt + C</code></mark></td><td>Capitalizes letter where cursor is and moves to end of word.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:yellow;"><code>Ctrl + L</code></mark></td><td>Clear terminal output.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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