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Olatunde Garuba edited this page Mar 2, 2015 · 11 revisions

Cheat Sheets

Handy Little Time Savers Every Coder Should Know

Result Action
Select a term in the terminal double-click on the term
Complete a term on the command line Tab
Cancel a command you've typed on the command line Ctrl + C
Pull up a command you've typed in the past Ctrl + R, then start typing command
Open a link in a new tab in Chrome Cmd + click
Move among tabs in most OS X programs Hold down Shift and Cmd, then [ and ]
Copy a selection from the command line Hold down Shift and Ctrl (Mac users: Shift and Cmd), then C
Paste a selection to the command line Hold down Shift and Ctrl (Mac users: Shift and Cmd), then V
flip between open applications cmd+tab
flip between windows in current application cmd+`
minimize current window cmd+m
close current window cmd+w
open preference or settings window in current app cmd+,
hide and unhide the dock cmd+opt+D
activate spotlight cmd+space
select safari or chrome address/URL field to enter cmd+L
check for information on a particular file cmd+I
open a file in its native application(without clicking, in finder) cmd+down arrow
jump across whole word quickly opt+left or right arrow
jump between open tabs in safari and chrome cmd+shift+[or]
grab a screen shot of the whole screen cmd+shift+3
grab a screen shot of a selected part of the screen cmd+shift+4
look up a word in the dictionary cntrl+cmd+D
To jump across whole word quickly opt+left or right arrow
To select whole word at a time shift+opt+left or right arrow
To reopen closed chrome tab shift+cmd+T