Terminal Shortcuts Every Dev Should Know

Reverse search through your command history. Start typing and matching commands appear. Saves hours of pressing up-arrow.

Delete the word before the cursor. Faster than holding backspace.

Clear the entire line before the cursor. Useful when you mess up a long command.

Jump to the beginning (A) or end (E) of the line. Stops you from holding arrow keys.

Re-run the last command. Great for: `sudo !!` when you forget to sudo.

Reuse the last argument of the previous command. `mkdir new-project && cd !$`

Search recursively in files. `grep -ri 'function' src/` — case-insensitive search across all files.

Find files by name. `find . -name '*.tsx'` — list all TSX files in current directory.

Find and replace across files. `sed -i 's/old/new/g' file.txt` — replace all occurrences.

Make HTTP requests from the terminal. `curl -I https://example.com` — check response headers.

Search your command history. `history | grep docker` — find that docker command you ran yesterday.

Find running processes. `ps aux | grep node` — check if your Node server is still running.

find . -type f -name "*.log" -exec rm  \;

Delete all .log files in the current directory tree.

tar -czf archive.tar.gz folder/

Compress a folder into a .tar.gz archive.

alias gs="git status"

Create a permanent shortcut. Add to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.