Here are a few keyboard shortcuts you can use to perform common tasks quickly. Many more are
available in addition to what is listed here. For more command line and keyboard shortcuts, visit:
http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/lnag_commands.html#shortcuts
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Backspace] = kills your current X session. Kills your graphical desktop session
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and returns you to the login screen. Use this if the normal exit procedure does not work.
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Delete] = shutdown and reboots your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system at a non-
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graphical shell prompt. Use only when the normal shutdown procedure does not work. In a graph-
ical desktop session, this shortcut displays the desktop logout screen that allows you to logout,
reboot, or shut down your system.
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Fn] = switches screens. [Ctrl]+[Alt] + one of the function keys displays an available
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screen. By default, [F1] through [F6] are text-mode shell prompt screens and [F7] is the graphical
desktop screen.
[Alt] + [Tab] = switches tasks in a graphical desktop environment. If you have more than one
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application open at a time, you can use [Alt] + [Tab] to switch among open tasks and applications.
[Ctrl] + [a] = moves cursor to the beginning of a line. This works in most text editors and in the
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URL field in Mozilla.
[Ctrl] + [d] = logout of (and close) shell prompt. Use this quick shortcut instead of typing
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logout
[Ctrl] + [e] = moves cursor to end of a line. This works in most text editors and in the URL field in
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Mozilla.
[Ctrl] + [l] = clears the terminal. This shortcut does the same thing as typing
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line.
[Ctrl] + [u] = clears the current line. If you are working in a terminal, use this shortcut to clear the
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current line from the cursor all the way to the beginning of the line.
[Middle Mouse Button] = pastes highlighted text. Use the left mouse button to highlight the text.
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Point the cursor to the spot where you want it pasted. Click the middle mouse button to paste it. In
a system with a two-button mouse, if you configured your mouse to emulate a third mouse button,
you can click both the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously to perform a paste.
[Tab] = command autocomplete. Use this command when using a shell prompt. Type the first few
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characters of a command or filename and then press the [Tab] key. It will automatically complete
the command or show all commands that match the characters you typed.
[Up] and [Down] Arrow = shows command history. When using a shell prompt, press the [up] or
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[down] arrow to scroll through a history of commands you have typed from the current directory.
When you see the command you want to use, press [Enter].
Appendix F.
Keyboard Shortcuts
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