Here are some shortcuts I think are helpfull in the bash shell.

Have you ever typed a long command and remembered that you needed to run another first? Well, this is ine of them:

$ cp somefile /path/to/destination/somefile

Press alt+Shift+3 and it will insert a # in the begining of the command for your convenience

#somefile /path/to/destination/somefile

Another one is the combination of the keys CTRL+r to search your history After pressed just start typing the command you typed in the past and it will find it for you, if you typed more than one and it was’nt your latest you can press ctrl+r again until you find it.

Using Bang commands is very usefull when you are tired of typing the same thing again and again.

chmod +x /work/execute.sh
sudo !!

sudo !! will execute the previous command with root privileges where “!!” is the last command If you want just the last part of the command use “!$”

chmod +x /work/execute.py
python !$

If it has more than an argument you can use “!*”

chmod +x file1 file2 file3
cp !* /destination/

There are many others but the ones described above will keep you entertained for a while.