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What's a handy terminal command you use often? (lemm.ee)

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More of a shortcut, CTRL + A + D to exit the current session (exits a sudo su first, then a ssh, then the actual terminal)

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

does it do all of those with one press? Id that what the 'A' is for?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One "exit" per press

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ctrl + D (EOF character) also does that, so I'm just confused what the 'A' is doing

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Really? Then I must've been taught wrong and never noticed