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What are the available shortcuts to use within RedHat Linux ?

One of the important shortcuts is the TAB key as well as some important commands such as history command which displays the last executed commands on your current system.

Using the Tab Key

Pressing Tab key allows you to continue wether the Linux command you started to type or one of the current files in the current directory you're accessing at this moment.

The following video demonstrates the usage for the Tab key.

Using History Command.

 The history command lists all executed commands stored by bash. An example for history command usage is as follow:

# history  5

It displays the last 5 executed commands.

You can also use the command history wihout any number to display the whole commands used before.

There are also special keys combination to display history commands very fast :

!! repeats the last command.

!char repeats the last commands that starts with the specified character.

!! repeats the last command.

!num repeats a command by its number ( You can find the number by typing the history command )