I am working a lot with the text console and love keyboard shortcuts which improve my work efficiency.Some of them can be used on VMware ESXi text console((VMware))
Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position. If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.((VMware))
Ctrl + H Same as backspace.((VMware))
Ctrl + R Let’s you search through previously used commands.((VMware))
Ctrl + C Kill whatever you are running. ((VMware))
Ctrl + D Exit the current shell. ((VMware))
Ctrl + Z Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it.((VMware))
Ctrl + W Delete the word before the cursor. ((VMware))
Ctrl + K Clear the line after the cursor. ((VMware))
Ctrl + T Swap the last two characters before the cursor. ((Linux only))
Ctrl + Y Paste the content of buffer after Ctrl + K or Ctrl + U usage. ((Linux only))
Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on. ((VMware))
Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on. ((VMware))
Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command. ((VMware))
Esc + T Swap the last two words before the cursor. ((Linux only))
Alt + F Move cursor forward one word on the current line. ((VMware))
Alt + B Move cursor backward one word on the current line. ((VMware))
Alt + . Paste the last argument of last command. ((Linux only))
Tab Auto-complete files and folder names. ((VMware))
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