1. gg Move to the first line of the file
2. G Move to the last line
3. gg=G Reindent the whole file
4. gv Reselect the last visual selection
5. < Jump to beginning of last visual selection
6. > Jump to end of last visual selection
7. ^ Move to first non-blank character of the line
8. g_ Move the last non-blank character of the line (but you remove trailing whitespace, right)
9. g_lD Delete all the trailing whitespace on the line
10. ea Append to the end of the current word
11. gf Jump to the file name under the cursor
12. xp Swap character forward
13. Xp Swap character backward
14. yyp Duplicate the current line
15. yapP Duplicate the current paragraph
16. dat Delete around an HTML tag, including the tag
17. dit Delete inside an HTML tag, excluding the tag
18. w Move one word to the right
19. b Move one word to the left
20. dd Delete the current line
21. zc Close current fold
22. zo Open current fold
23. za Toggle current fold
24. zi Toggle folding entirely
25. << Outdent current line
26. >> Indent current line
27. z= Show spelling corrections
28. zg Add to spelling dictionary
29. zw Remove from spelling dictionary
30. ~ Toggle case of current character
31. gUw Uppercase until end of word (u for lower, ~ to toggle)
32. gUiw Uppercase entire word (u for lower, ~ to toggle)
33. gUU Uppercase entire line
34. gu$ Lowercase until the end of the line
35. da" Delete the next double-quoted string
36. + Move to the first non-whitespace character of the next line
37. S Delete current line and go into insert mode
38. I insert at the beginning of the line
39. ci" Change what’s inside the next double-quoted string
40. ca{ Change inside the curly braces (try [, (, etc.)
41. vaw Visually select word
42. dap Delete the whole paragraph
43. r Replace a character
44. [ Jump to beginning of last yanked text
45. ] Jump to end of last yanked text
46. g; Jump to the last change you made
47. g, Jump back forward through the change list
48. & Repeat last substitution on current line
49. g& Repeat last substitution on all lines
50. ZZ Save the current file and quit Vim

Have you ever had an SSH connection timeout on you and you’re left with what looks like a locked session. Repeatedly hitting the Enter key does nothing. It seems that there is nothing that you can do except close the console terminal session…or is there something else?

Many people are not aware that SSH has its own set of keyboard shortcuts. The solution to the above problem is to terminate the connection using the first of these shortcuts.

I have to use Windows where I work but I use the terminal as often as possible. Microsoft’s Windows Terminal application makes that experience tolerable. You can even think that you’re using tmux at times…well, not really, but you get the idea.

Here are some of the keyboard shortcuts that I use:

Split current terminal window

Alt Shift - split pane horizontal

Alt Shift - split pane vertical

Jump to other console