this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
95 points (92.0% liked)
Linux
48186 readers
1324 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Only the last five are terminal shortcuts (for some terminal emulator, which the author doesn't specify).
Most of first ones are specifically emacs-like shortcuts used by readline() as bash uses it. You can also set it up to use vi-like shortcuts (I mean, I use emacs, but just pointing out that they're there).
The bang-history stuff with the exclamation points is also a bash feature.
If you use a shell other than bash, or if you aren't in the shell, those won't necessarily apply (unless a given application is also using readline() with emacs-like keybindings).