Terminals

A terminal is a text-based application that reads and writes to a shell. A "shell" and a "terminal" may be the same application (such as PowerShell) or they may be different applications (such as with Windows Terminal).

Common terminal keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Use	Notes
`⬆`	Scroll up through previous commands
`⬇`	Scroll down through previous commands
`Ctrl`+`a`	Jump to beginning of line	Works in most text editors
`Ctrl`+`e`	Jump to end of line	Works in most text editors
`Ctrl`+`l`	Clear screen	Similar to the `clear` command
`Ctrl`+`r`	Search & execute previous command
`Ctrl`+`u`	Delete everything to the left of the cursor	Works in VS Code
`Ctrl`+`k`	Delete everything to the right of the cursor	Works in VS Code