this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Wait until they learn that you can
ctrl+u
when you mistyped your password insudo
instead of spamming backspace...What does that do?
Delete until start of line. So essentially equivalent to spamming backspace a bunch.
It deletes all keystrokes that have been entered. So, if you know you made a typo when entering your password, you don't have to press backspace many times to make sure you have deleted all the characters before starting over but you can just press ctrl+u and start over.
ah neat, thanks.
I end up hitting Ctrl+u at work all the time and then being disappointed and holding backspace.
Bro. You just changed my life and don't even realize it
Here's another mindfuck: gnu readline is so popular that developers of other software tend to implement its keybinds as hidden features/eastereggs. That's why ctrl+u works in GTK text input boxes as well!
Damn, that really does solve a lot of problems, lol 😂.