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Arch Linux keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 6/22/2018 on https://defkey.com/arch-linux-shortcuts

Arch Linux is a Linux distribution that follows KISS principle ("keep it
simple, stupid"). The distribution focuses on elegance, minimalism,
simplicity and code correctness.

Arch Linux has 44 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Kernel
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These shortcuts are used to recover or debug an unresponsive system.  To
use these, they must first be activated with either sysctl kernel.sysrq=1
or echo "1" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq. If you wish to have it enabled during
boot, edit /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf and insert the text kernel.sysrq =
1

Alt + Sys Rq + R        Take control of keyboard back from X
Alt + Sys Rq + E        Send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully
Alt + Sys Rq + I        Send SIGKILL to all process, forcing them to terminate immediately
Alt + Sys Rq + S        Sync - Flush data to disk
Alt + Sys Rq + U        Unmount - Unmound and remount all file systems read-only
Alt + Sys Rq + B        Reboot


Notes
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On Lenovo laptops SysRq is often configured as Fn+S. To use it press and
hold Alt then press Fn+s, release Fn and s still holding Alt followed by
the keys above.

You may need to press Ctrl along with Alt. So for example, full key
shortcut would be Ctrl+Alt+SysRq+b



Terminal: Virtual console
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Ctrl + Alt + Del        Reboots Computer (specified by the symlink
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target)
Alt + F1                (F2, F3, …) Switch to n-th virtual console
Alt + Left arrow        Switch to previous virtual console
Alt + Right arrow       Switch to next virtual console
Scroll Lock             When Scroll Lock is activated, input/output is locked
Shift + Page Up         Scroll console buffer up
Shift + Page Down       Scroll console buffer down
Ctrl + C                Kills current task
Ctrl + D                Inserts an EOF
Ctrl + Z                Pauses current task


Terminal: Readline
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Ctrl + L                Clear the screen
Ctrl + B                Move cursor one character to the left
Ctrl + F                Move cursor one character to the right
Alt + B                 Move cursor one word to the left
Alt + F                 Move cursor one word to the right
Ctrl + A                Move cursor to start of the line
Ctrl + E                Move cursor to end of the line
Ctrl + U                Cut everything from line start to cursor
Ctrl + K                Cut everything from the cursor to end of the line
Alt + D                 Cut the current word after the cursor
Ctrl + W                Cut the current word before the cursor
Ctrl + Y                Paste the previous cut text
Alt + Y                 Paste the second latest cut text
Alt + Ctrl + Y          Paste the first argument of the previous command
Alt + ./_               Paste the last argument of the previous command
Ctrl + P                Move to the previous line
Ctrl + N                Move to the next line
Ctrl + S                Search
Ctrl + R                Reverse search
Ctrl + J                End search
Ctrl + G                Abort search (restores original line)
Alt + R                 Restore all changes made to line
Tab                     Auto-complete a name
Alt + ?                 List all possible completions
Alt + *                 Insert all possible completions


X11 & Wayland
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Ctrl + Alt + F1         (F2, F3, …) Switch to n-th virtual console. If it doesn't work, try  Ctrl +
Fn + Alt + F
Shift + Insert          Paste text from the PRIMARY buffer
Right click             Paste text from the PRIMARY buffer

    Note: By default, Qt maps Shift+Insert to CLIPBOARD instead of the
PRIMARY buffer and Ctrl+Shift+Insert is mapped to the PRIMARY buffer.

    Source: ArchWiki


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