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An introduction to keys used in the terminal for beginners and for reference
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| Control + A = takes you to the very beginning of the line | |
| Control + E = takes you to the very end of the line | |
| Press the up key = references previous commands in history | |
| Press the down key = allows you to navigate back down towards other commands if you have already gone up | |
| echo ~ = variable for the home directory of your computer | |
| man pages = type in man "command" and a manual will display in the terminal telling you exactly what your command does | |
| - press Q to quit the manual |
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