Keyboard Shortcuts for ubuntu terminal

Terminal is one of the most important parts on Linux operation systems. There are a couple of important keystrokes that you should get familiar with if you plan to spend a lot of time at the terminal command. These shortcuts will save you a ton of time if you learn them. 
Table 1: Shortcuts for positioning cursor

Shortcut	Full name	Usage
CTRL+ F	Character Forward	Move cursor forward one character on the current line
CTRL+ B	Character Backward	Moves the cursor backward one character
ALT + F	Word Forward	Move cursor forward one word on the current line
ALT + B	Word Backward	Move cursor backward one word on the current line
CTRL+ A	Beginning of line	Move to the beginning of the line
CTRL+ E	End of line	Move to the end of the line
CTRL+ L	Clear Screen	Clears the screen, similar to the clear command

Table 2: Shortcuts for copy - cut - paste text

Shortcut	Full name	Description
CTRL+ K	Cut end of line	Clear the line after the cursor
CTRL+ U	Cut beginning of line	Clears the line before the cursor position
CTRL+ W	Cut Previous Word	Delete the word before the cursor
ALT+ D	Cut Next Word	Delete the word after the cursor
CTRL+ Y	Paste Recent Text	Paste the recent text
ALT + Y	Paste Earlier Text	Back to previous text and paste it
CTRL+ C	Delete Whole Line	Delete the whole line

The blog is sum up by my experience and research when having times working with terminal command line. Hoping this strick could bring benefits in processing Linux environment.

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