Note that the Korn shell ksh has different shortcuts see the ksh manpage for details. A word in this context is either a command (if it is the first word on the command line) or a file name (if it is not the first word on the command line). If the completion is not unique, pressing tab again (or ctrl-D in case of the tcsh) returns a list of possible completions. The shell will complete the word as best as it can. History | more return a list of the last commands entered with their numbersĪdditionally, the bash and tcsh have a feature called word completion: Type the first few characters of a word, then press the tab key. !number repeat command number number from the history list
!xyz repeat the last command starting with xyz !$ insert the last word of the last command The most frequently used shortcuts of the standard Bourne Again Shell bash and the enhanced C shell tcsh are the following: So, is there a shortcut for this command thanks. Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to bring up the Mac OS X Login Window The answer to this question provides a shortcut which initiates a log out, not a user fast switch. Second, almost every shell has specific commands to repeat or edit commands. The answer to this question seems to 'lock' the mac, but doesnt invoke the 'Login Window.' command. First of all, the arrow keys on your keyboard can almost always be used for navigating through the command history and editing the command line. Are there shortcuts available to help me?
I frequently find myself typing similar commands successively.
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