Deleting Lines of Text in Terminal

javinladish · javinladish #1 (**permalink**)

10-19-2011, 08:23 PM

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a quicker way of deleting lines of text in Terminal quickly? Holding down backspace is really slow, and I figure there HAS to be a more efficient way!

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

vansmith · vansmith #2 (**permalink**)

10-19-2011, 08:28 PM

Control + U. That should do it for you.

javinladish · javinladish #3 (**permalink**)

10-19-2011, 08:50 PM

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.

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javinladish #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 19, 2011 Posts: 2	10-19-2011, 08:23 PM Hello, I was wondering if there is a quicker way of deleting lines of text in Terminal quickly? Holding down backspace is really slow, and I figure there HAS to be a more efficient way! Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.
	QUOTE Thanks

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