2KAbhishek

Shell Keybindings

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Alt + f/b - Move cursor to previous/next word

Ctrl + a/e - Move cursor to beginning/end of command

Ctrl + xx - Toggle between the start of line and current cursor position

acamino

Shortcut — Action

• CTRL + A — Move to the beginning of the line
• CTRL + E — Move to the end of the line
• CTRL + [left arrow] — Move one word backward (on some systems this is ALT + B)
• CTRL + [right arrow] — Move one word forward (on some systems this is ALT + F)
• CTRL + U — (bash) Clear the characters on the line before the current cursor position
• CTRL + U —(zsh) If you're using the zsh, this will clear the entire line
• CTRL + K — Clear the characters on the line after the current cursor position
• ESC + [backspace] — Delete the word in front of the cursor

0xBEEB

# Goes through a git projects history and changes the name on commits
# I needed this after changing my name, and coming out as transgender
# in order to have my name show up correctly to the public.

git filter-branch --commit-filter '
        if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Existing Dead Name" ];
        then
                GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Authentic Name";
                GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="your@email.com";
                git commit-tree "$@";

chrismytton

Mutt/Gmail/OS X Keychain

Create a new keychain item, enter the Keychain Item Name as mutt, the Account Name as your gmail email address and then enter your password, then add the keychain item.

2-step auth

If you're using Google 2-step auth, you'll need to generate an Application-specific password from your Google Account settings and enter that as the password.