Talk:Howto use short-cut keys in xterm and other terminals

bash keys

* Ctrl-r searches backwards in your bash history. I love this one very much. * Alt-. (that’s a full stop there) inserts at the cursor the last argument to the previous command. * Alt-Ctrl-y inserts at the cursor the first argument to the previous command. Further: if you hit Alt-3 then Alt-Ctrl-y, you’ll get the 3rd argument to the previous command.