terminal key shortcuts:
- Ctrl + a – go to the start of the command line
- Ctrl + e – go to the end of the command line
- Ctrl + k – delete from cursor to the end of the command line
- Ctrl + u – delete from cursor to the start of the command line
- Ctrl + w – delete from cursor to start of word (i.e. delete backwards one word)
- Ctrl + y – paste word or text that was cut using one of the deletion shortcuts (such as the one above) after the cursor
terminal operations:
1. open google chrome from terminal
If you just want to open the Google Chrome from terminal instantly for once then open -a "Google Chrome"
works fine from Mac Terminal.
If you want to use an alias to call Chrome from terminal then you need to edit the bash profile and add an alias on ~/.bash_profile
or ~/.zshrc
file.The steps are below :
- Edit
~/.bash_profile
or~/.zshrc
file and add the following linealias chrome="open -a 'Google Chrome'"
- Save and close the file.
- Logout and relaunch Terminal or source ~/.bash_profile
- Type
chrome filename
for opening a local file. - Type
chrome url
for opening url.
2. Atom open file from terminal
$ Atom .bash_profile
references:
1. https://*.com/questions/34796888/how-to-open-google-chrome-from-terminal
2. https://skorks.com/2009/09/bash-shortcuts-for-maximum-productivity/