Bash

Ctrl+X, Ctrl+E - Open current command in your default editor (usually vim or nano)

If you’re spending any amount of time in the terminal, learning shortcuts can potentially save you hours in the future. Most people know the arrow keys and backspace, but bash has decades of shortcuts built in that almost nobody uses.

I’ve been using Linux since 2011, and I’m still discovering new ones. Here are the ones I actually use daily, plus some obscure gems.

Editor’s Note Here is a guide of my super simple install of Arch Linux using a fork of Classy Girraffe’s that users LUKS, ext4, GRUB2, swapfile, and tmpfs. It can be found here. I also have my i3 dotfiles that you can check out here

This guide does not hold your hand so you will either need to research a few things you do not know or you must already know what commands and flags are needed when presented.

Editor’s Note Here is a guide of my super simple install of Arch Linux using a fork of Classy Girraffe’s that users LUKS, ext4, GRUB2, swapfile, and tmpfs. It can be found here. I also have my i3 dotfiles that you can check out here

This guide does not hold your hand so you will either need to research a few things you do not know or you must already know what commands and flags are needed when presented.