- Ctrl + L to clear screen (instead of typing "clear").
- sudo !! to run previous command with sudo privileges.
- grep -Ev '^#|^$' <file> will display file content without comments or empty lines."
- Ctrl + R to reverse search my Bash history for a command that I have already run and wish to do so again
- Caret substitution is the best as I often do things like sudo dnf search <package name> then if I find a suitable package that way I then do ^search^install to rerun the command replacing the search with install.
"My cool terminal trick isn't something I do in the terminal, but which terminal I use. Sometimes I just want the feeling of using an Apple II, or an old amber-on-black terminal. That's when I fire up Cool Retro Term. Screenshots are on the website."
—Jim Hall "Probably ssh -X to run graphical programs on other machines. Copy/pasting (on some terminal emulators, like gnome-terminal) C-S c and C-S v. I'm not sure if this counts (as it goes graphical in the interesting part, but starts with ssh). Most recently I had a need to log in to another machine but have my kids be able to follow along on the bigger screen from my laptop. This link showed me something I'd never before seen: mirroring the active session from another computer screen on my laptop over the local network (x11vnc -desktop) and being able to control it from both machines at the same time." —Kyle R. Conway "You can install Install 'sl' $ sudo apt install sl or $ sudo dnf install sl, and when the command sl is entered at the Bash prompt a text-based steam locomotive moves across the display." —Don Watkins