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Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks

You're reading from   Windows Terminal Tips, Tricks, and Productivity Hacks Optimize your command-line usage and development processes with pro-level techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207561
Length 254 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introducing the New Windows Terminal
2. Chapter 1: Getting started with the new Windows Terminal FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Learning the Windows Terminal UI 4. Chapter 3: Configuring an Ubuntu Linux profile 5. Section 2: Configuring your Windows Terminal and its shells
6. Chapter 4: Customizing your Windows Terminal settings 7. Chapter 5: Changing your Windows Terminal appearance 8. Chapter 6: Setting up keyboard shortcuts 9. Chapter 7: Hidden Windows Terminal Actions 10. Chapter 8: Tips for using PowerShell like a Pro 11. Chapter 9: Tips for Using Ubuntu like an Expert 12. Section 3: Using your Windows Terminal for development
13. Chapter 10: Using Git and GitHub with Windows Terminal 14. Chapter 11: Building web applications with React 15. Chapter 12: Building REST APIs with C# and Windows Terminal 16. Chapter 13: Connecting to remote systems 17. Chapter 14: Managing systems in the cloud 18. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix Windows Terminal Actions

Keyboard shortcuts review

We've covered a lot of keyboard shortcuts throughout this chapter. Let's do a quick review and make sure they feel natural:

  • Tabs:

    a) Ctrl + Shift + T – Opens a new tab

    b) Ctrl + Shift + Space – Opens the new shell drop-down menu

    c) Ctrl + Shift + [1-9] – Opens a new tab with the shell specified by the number (as listed in the new shell drop-down menu)

    d) Ctrl + Shift + D – Duplicates the currently active shell into a new tab

    e) Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab – Activates the next/previous tab

    f) Ctrl + Alt + [1-9] – Activates the tab at the index specified by the number

    g) Ctrl + Shift + W – Closes the current tab or pane

  • Panes:

    a) Alt + click on the new tab button – Opens a new pane with the default shell

    b) Alt + click on a shell in the new shell drop-down menu – Opens a new pane with the selected shell

    c) Alt + Shift + D – Duplicates the currently active shell into a new pane...

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