Hotkeys and shortcuts for Arch Linux

(Total 44)

Alt + Sys Rq + R
Kernel
Take control of keyboard back from X
Alt + Sys Rq + E
Kernel
Send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully
Alt + Sys Rq + I
Kernel
Send SIGKILL to all process, forcing them to terminate immediately
Alt + Sys Rq + S
Kernel
Sync - Flush data to disk
Alt + Sys Rq + U
Kernel
Unmount - Unmound and remount all file systems read-only
Alt + Sys Rq + B
Kernel
Reboot
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Terminal: Virtual console
Reboots Computer (specified by the symlink /usr/lib/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target)
Alt + F1
Terminal: Virtual console
(F2, F3, …) Switch to n-th virtual console
Alt +
Terminal: Virtual console
Switch to previous virtual console
Alt +
Terminal: Virtual console
Switch to next virtual console
Scroll Lock
Terminal: Virtual console
When Scroll Lock is activated, input/output is locked
Shift + Page Up
Terminal: Virtual console
Scroll console buffer up
Shift + Page Down
Terminal: Virtual console
Scroll console buffer down
Ctrl + C
Terminal: Virtual console
Kills current task
Ctrl + D
Terminal: Virtual console
Inserts an EOF
Ctrl + Z
Terminal: Virtual console
Pauses current task
Ctrl + L
Terminal: Readline
Clear the screen
Ctrl + B
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor one character to the left
Ctrl + F
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor one character to the right
Alt + B
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor one word to the left
Alt + F
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor one word to the right
Ctrl + A
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor to start of the line
Ctrl + E
Terminal: Readline
Move cursor to end of the line
Ctrl + U
Terminal: Readline
Cut everything from line start to cursor
Ctrl + K
Terminal: Readline
Cut everything from the cursor to end of the line
Alt + D
Terminal: Readline
Cut the current word after the cursor
Ctrl + W
Terminal: Readline
Cut the current word before the cursor
Ctrl + Y
Terminal: Readline
Paste the previous cut text
Alt + Y
Terminal: Readline
Paste the second latest cut text
Alt + Ctrl + Y
Terminal: Readline
Paste the first argument of the previous command
Alt + ./_
Terminal: Readline
Paste the last argument of the previous command
Ctrl + P
Terminal: Readline
Move to the previous line
Ctrl + N
Terminal: Readline
Move to the next line
Ctrl + S
Terminal: Readline
Search
Ctrl + R
Terminal: Readline
Reverse search
Ctrl + J
Terminal: Readline
End search
Ctrl + G
Terminal: Readline
Abort search (restores original line)
Alt + R
Terminal: Readline
Restore all changes made to line
⭾ Tab
Terminal: Readline
Auto-complete a name
Alt + ?
Terminal: Readline
List all possible completions
Alt + *
Terminal: Readline
Insert all possible completions
Ctrl + Alt + F1
X11 & Wayland
(F2, F3, …) Switch to n-th virtual console. If it doesn't work, try  Ctrl + Fn + Alt + F
↑   Shift + Insert
X11 & Wayland
Paste text from the PRIMARY buffer
Mouse right click
X11 & Wayland
Paste text from the PRIMARY buffer