Notes on bash tricks that could help you become more productive by leveraging keyboard instead of using the mouse.

Creating new terminal tabs

In order to create a new bash terminal tab using the keyboard one can use the following keys:

• Ctrl + Shift + t
• C-S-t using Emacs terminology

Switching between tabs

And to switch between different terminal tabs one can use:

• Alt + tab_number (example: Alt + 1)
• M-{number} using Emacs terminology

Searching at the history

Other than this, you can search through the terminal history using C-r which will use the reverse-i-search utility.

Kill a tab

Finally, to kill the terminal you are currently in, the exit command must be enough.

References

• https://askubuntu.com/a/423532