Restore terminal printing

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Hey,

sometimes I accidentaly print binary file with cat <thefile.bin> and my terminal is getting broken after that due to printing of some escape characters.

To fix it you can use reset command. Checkout the man reset to get more info about this command.

Terminal tips and tricks

Tue, 23 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Hey.

Below I’ve listed couple of ways to use terminal that some people may not know about. These “technics” I use a lot in may daily hacking.
So let’s start.

CTRL+R

I'm sure you already know that you can travel through command history using ⇧ and ⇩ keys. But sometimes the command you're looking for is far behind in history so you should do something like this ``` ⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧ damn, I missed it ⇩⇩ here is ``` which is quite annoying.

CTRL+R allows you to search through command history.
Here is the demo:

You can go deeper in history with the same keystroke (CTRL+R). To go forward in history press CTRL+S

This keystroke I just can’t live without and use it all the time.

Movements/Editing

Of course I do not use **CTRL+R** just to find previously entered command since it can be easily found with ⇧ key. But, I really do not like to move my hands outside of my keyboard's homerow. Usually all terminals supports emacs keybinding
So meet:

If you’ll replace CTRL with ALT for arrow left/right keys you will be able to follow back and forth word by word.

Here is more tips:

You can also use ALT key with BACKSPACE which will delete WORD instead of SYMBOL.
You can remove symbol under cursor with CTRL+D.
Using CTRL+A will move your cursor to the beginning of the command line
CTRL+K will remove everything from cursor to the end of command line

So, using CTRL+A + CTRL+K removes everything you already entered, which is much faster than long press on backspace.

CTRL+L

Just a clear command, which clears your terminal window. I like when my typing happens at the top of terminal window 😜 so it is very useful for me. I hope it can be something good for you as well.

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Restore terminal printing

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Movements/Editing

CTRL+L