Keyboard Shortcuts
These are potentially useful and time-saving shortcuts that I've found and am in the process of learning. Shortcuts with a 👍 are my most used.
mac keyboard symbols
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| ⇥ |
tab |
⌘ |
command |
| ⇧ |
shift |
⎵ |
space |
| ⌃ |
control |
⌫ |
delete |
| ⌥ |
option / alt |
↩ |
return |
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↑ ↓ ← → |
arrow keys |
osx
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| ⌃ ↑↓←→ |
window switching |
| ⇧ ⌘ 3 |
print screen |
| ⇧ ⌘ 4 |
print selection |
| ⌘ ⎵ |
spotlight search |
| ⌘ ⌃ ⎵ |
emoji 😄 |
| ⌘ G |
find next |
| ⌘ , |
preferences |
| fn ⌫ |
delete forward 👍 |
| fn ↑↓ |
page up / down |
| ⇧ ⌘ Z |
redo |
| ⌘ ↑↓ |
cursor to doc start / end |
| ⌘ ←→ |
cursor to line start / end |
| ⇧⌥ ↑↓ |
selection to para start / end |
| ⇧⌥ ←→ |
selection to word start / end |
| ⌃ ⌘ F |
toggle fullscreen |
terminal
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| pwd |
print working dir |
| cd dir/subdir |
to subdir |
| cd .. |
to parent dir |
| cd ../.. |
to parent of parent dir |
| cd / |
to top of boot volume |
| cd ~ |
to home dir /Users/jon |
| cd - |
to previous dir |
| ls |
list files |
| tree -L 3 |
dir tree to 3 levels |
| mv old new |
rename old to new |
| mv file ~/dir |
move file into dir |
| mv old ~/dir/new |
move & rename |
| rm file |
delete file |
| rm -R dir |
delete dir & contents |
| man ls |
open ls manual |
| cat file |
concatenate & print file |
| touch file |
create file or timestamp |
| echo ‘str’ > file |
(over)write str to the file |
| echo ‘str’ >> file |
append str to the file |
| !! |
rerun last command |
| ⇥ |
autocomplete 👍 |
| ⇥ ⇥ |
autocomplete options |
| ↑ |
enter prev command |
| ⌘ K |
clear terminal |
| ⌃ A |
to line start |
| ⌃ E |
to line end |
| ⌃ W |
remove word |
| ⌃ U |
clear line |
sublime
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| ⌘ ⇧ P |
command palette |
| ⌘ X |
cut line (if no selection) |
| ⌘ ↩ |
insert line after |
| ⌘ ⇧ ↩ |
insert line before |
| ⌘ L |
select line, next line |
| ⌘ D |
select word, next word 🔴 |
| ⌃ ⌘ G |
get/edit all selection instances 🔴 |
| ⌃ M |
jump to closing/opening ( ) 🔴 |
| ⌃ ⇧ M |
select ( ) contents 🔴 |
| ⌃ A |
go to line start |
| ⌃ E |
go to line end |
| ⌘ K K |
delete to end of line |
| ⌘ K ⌫ |
delete to start of line |
| ⌘ ][ |
indent / unindent |
| ⌘ ⇧ D |
duplicate line 👍 |
| ⌘ J |
join line below |
| ⌘ / |
comment / uncomment line |
| ⌘ ⌥ / |
block comment / uncomment |
| ⌘ Y |
redo / repeat last |
| ⌘ ⇧ V |
paste with indent 🔴 |
| ⌃ ⇧ K |
delete line 🔴 |
| ⌘ 1 |
jump to tab 1 |
| ⌘ ⇧ ][ |
switch tabs |
| ⌃ ⇥ |
cycle recent tabs |
| ⌘ ⌥ (1-5) |
split view cols |
| ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ (2,3) |
split view rows 👍 |
| ⌘ ⇧ L |
split selection by line |
| ⌘ ⌃ ↑↓ |
move line up / down |
| ⌃ T |
transpose chars |
chrome
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| ⌘ ⌥ J |
open console |
| ⌘ click |
open link in background tab 👍 |
| ⌘ ↩ |
open typed URL in background |
| ⌘ L |
select URL |
| ⌥ ←→ |
next / previous address term |
| ⌘ ⌥ B |
bookmark manager |
| ⌘ ⌥ ←→ |
switch tabs |
| ⇧ ⌫ |
go forward |
| ⌘ E |
use selection for find |
| ⌘ D |
add bookmark |
| fn ⇧ ⌫ |
delete site from autocomplete |
| ⌘ ⇧ R |
hard page refresh |
macdown
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| ⇧ ⌘ H |
toggle preview pane 🔵 |