How to add shortcut commands in Xshell

As a useful terminal emulator, Xshell is often used by developers to remotely manage host servers. In order to operate more efficiently, we can add some shortcut commands to operate using commands.

How to add shortcut commands? Let’s learn the specific operation methods below.

The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Click the "View" menu in the Xshell menu bar and check "Quick Commands" in the drop-down options, as shown in the figure below.

Check Quick Commands

Figure 1: Check Quick Commands under View

Step 2: After performing the above operations, you can see the location to add the quick command shortcut key at the bottom of the window. Double-click to add it.

Quick command add location

Figure 2: Quick command add location

Step 3: In the Quick Command Set dialog box that pops up, give your shortcut a name and set the corresponding command to be executed. For example, for "Show date", the corresponding command to be executed is date.

Adding a Quick Command

Figure 3: Adding a shortcut command

In addition to being able to add shortcut commands yourself, it actually also includes some local commands. For details, please refer to: Xshell local command encyclopedia.

Step 4: Confirm and close the dialog box. You can see the newly added shortcut command button at the bottom of the previous window. Clicking it is equivalent to entering a shortcut command in the command line interface. This is a very convenient input function when the command is commonly used and relatively long.

Enter a shortcut command

Figure 4: Enter the shortcut command

Follow the steps above to add shortcut commands in Xshell, so that you can manage remote hosts more efficiently and improve work efficiency. Click Xshell Download to get the latest version and install it on your computer

delete
ctrl + d deletes the character at the cursor position, which is equivalent to x or dl in VIM
ctrl + h deletes the character before the cursor position, which is equivalent to hx or dh in VIM
ctrl + k deletes all characters after the cursor, equivalent to d shift + $ in VIM
ctrl + u deletes all characters before the cursor, equivalent to d shift + ^ in VIM
ctrl + w deletes the word before the cursor, which is equivalent to db in VIM
ctrl + y restores the characters deleted by ctrl + u last time
ctrl + ? Undo the previous input
Alt + r Undo the previous action
Alt + d deletes the word after the cursor

move
ctrl + a moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line, which is equivalent to shift + ^ in VIM
ctrl + e moves the cursor to the end of the command line, which is equivalent to shift + $ in VIM
ctrl + f The cursor moves back one character, which is equivalent to l in VIM
ctrl + b moves the cursor forward one character, equivalent to h in VIM
ctrl + left arrow key Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
ctrl + right arrow key Move the cursor to the end of the next word
ctrl + x jumps between the last cursor character and the current cursor character
Alt + f jumps to the end of the word where the cursor is located

replace
ctrl + t replaces the current character with the previous character
Alt + t swaps the word where the cursor is currently located and the word before the cursor
alt + u capitalize the word at the cursor position
alt + l changes the word at the cursor's current position to lowercase
Alt + c capitalizes the first letter of the word at the cursor's current position
^oldstr^newstr replaces the string in the previous command

History command editing
ctrl + p returns to the last input command character
ctrl + r Enter word search history command
alt + p Enter a character to search for history commands similar to the character
alt + > Return to the last executed command

other
ctrl + s locks the terminal
ctrl + q unlocks the terminal
ctrl + l clears the screen, equivalent to the command clear
ctrl + c starts a new line
ctrl + i is similar to TAB key completion function
ctrl + o repeat command
Alt + number keys: number of operations

Practical operation:
#c+l clear screen first
minuit@suse:~>str1 str2 str3 #Enter three words. If the first word needs to be capitalized, press c+a to jump to the beginning and press a+c

minuit@suse:~> Str1 str2 str3 #Okay, now the word looks like this. I also found that the second word needs to be capitalized (this command is really annoying: () Okay, if your cursor is currently on the second word, just press a+u to change the word. If not, press c+a and then c+f to jump to the second word, then press a+u again. The result is as shown below.

minuit@suse:~> Str1 STR2 str3 #I want to switch, what should I do? I am already in the last word. This is easy. Press a+2+b and jump to the second word. Then press a+l. Now the second word is all lowercase.

minuit@suse:~> welcome to chinaunix! #Isn't it just changing the case? Press c+a and then a+3+c to see the effect
minuit@suse:~> Welcome To Chinaunix! #GOOD It's very simple. Let's try to replace it again.
minuit@suse:~> Welcome To Chinaunix! #Still these three words c+a jumps to the beginning and then jumps to the second word (because a+t can only replace the previous word, so you can't press a+t on the first word) press and hold a+t
minuit@suse:~> To Welcome Chinaunix! #Now it looks like this. If I press a+2+t again, it will change to another shape.
minuit@suse:~> Chinaunix! Welcome To #Okay, let's get started with some more commonly used
minuit@suse:~>ls /tmp/ #see what's there
file1 file2 file3 ..... ..
minuit@suse:~>^ls^cd #Now if you want to enter the directory again, just type in the replacement command. This can save a lot of time pressing a+b or a+f when the command is long.
cd /tmp/
minuit@suse:/tmp> #I have entered the tmp directory. I won't try the jump command. You can try it yourself and you won't see it.^_^

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Ctrl + a can quickly switch to the beginning of the command line
Ctrl + e switches to the end of the command line
Ctrl + r Search in history command
Ctrl + u deletes all characters before the cursor position
Ctrl + k deletes all characters after the cursor position
ctrl + w delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + d ends the current input and exits the shell
ctrl + s can be used to stay on the current screen ctrl + q resumes refreshing the screen
ctrl + l clear screen

CTRL key related shortcuts:

Ctrl + a - Jump to the start of the line
Ctrl + b - Move back a char
Ctrl + c - Terminate the command //This is the most used one, right?
Ctrl + d - Delete from under the cursor
Ctrl + e - Jump to the end of the line
Ctrl + f - Move forward a char
Ctrl + k - Delete to EOL
Ctrl + l - Clear the screen //Clear the screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + r - Search the history backwards //Search history commands
Ctrl + R - Search the history backwards with multi occurrence
Ctrl + u - Delete backward from cursor // Useful when the password is entered incorrectly
Ctrl + xx - Move between EOL and current cursor position
Ctrl + x @ - Show possible hostname completions
Ctrl + z - Suspend/ Stop the command
Replenish:
Ctrl + h - Delete the current character
Ctrl + w - Delete the last word typed

ALT key related shortcuts:

Rarely used. Some of them conflict with remote login tools.

Alt + < - Move to the first line in the history
Alt + > - Move to the last line in the history
Alt + ? - Show current completion list
Alt + * - Insert all possible completions
Alt + / - Attempt to complete filename
Alt + . - Yank last argument to previous command
Alt + b - Move backward
Alt + c - Capitalize the word
Alt + d - Delete word
Alt + f - Move forward
Alt + l - Make word lowercase
Alt + n - Search the history forwards non-incremental
Alt + p - Search the history backwards non-incremental
Alt + r - Recall command
Alt + t - Move words around
Alt + u – Make word uppercase
Alt + back-space - Delete backward from cursor
// This is useful if SecureCRT is not configured correctly.

Other special key bindings:

Type bind -P to view all keyboard bindings. I think this series is more practical.

Here "2T" means Press TAB twice
$ 2T - All available commands (common) // Command line completion, which I think is the best thing about Bash
$ (string)2T - All available commands starting with (string)
$ /2T - Entire directory structure including Hidden one
$ ./2T - Only Sub Dirs inside including Hidden one
$ *2T - Only Sub Dirs inside without Hidden one
$ ~2T - All Present Users on system from "/etc/passwd" //First time seeing this, very useful
$ $2T - All Sys variables // Very useful when writing Shell scripts
$ @2T - Entries from "/etc/hosts" //First time seeing
$ =2T - Output like ls or dir //It seems not as good as ls Quick supplement:
Esc + T - swap the two words in front of the cursor

Table 2-1 Keystrokes for navigating the command line

The keystrokes in Table 2-2 can be used to edit the command line.

Table 2-2 Keystrokes for editing command lines

Use the keystrokes in Table 2-3 to cut and paste text on the command line.

Table 2-3 Keystrokes for cutting and pasting text on the command line

Table 2-4 Key combinations for text completion

Table 2-5 Keystrokes for using the command history

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