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>4.3. Other Key combinations</H1
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>GNU/Linux shells have many shortcut keys which you can use to speed up your work, below is a rough list of some (also see
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><B
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>CTRL</B
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>D</B
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> the &#8220;end-of-file&#8221; (EOF) key combination can be used to quickly log out of any terminal.
<B
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>CTRL</B
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is also used in programs such as <EM
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><B
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>CTRL</B
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>Z</B
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>key combination is used to stop a process. It can be used to put something in the background temporarily.</P
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><B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>A</B
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<EFBFBD>and<EFBFBD>
<B
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>CTRL</B
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>These key combinations are used for going to the start and end of the line on the command line. Use
<B
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>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>A</B
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to jump to the start of the line, and
<B
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>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>E</B
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to jump to the end of the line.</P
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><B
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>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>K</B
>&#13;</DT
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>This key combination can be used to cut or delete what is currently in front of the cursor.</P
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><B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>Y</B
>&#13;</DT
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>This key combination can be used to paste the last thing you deleted (using
<B
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>CTRL</B
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>K</B
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or
<B
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>CTRL</B
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>W</B
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><B
CLASS="KEYCAP"
>CTRL</B
>-<B
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>This key combination can be used to cut or delete the entire line that has being typed.</P
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