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Managing Nautilus from the keyboard

You don’t have to be slowed down by the mouse just because you are using a GUI. Nautilus has great keyboard shortcuts that will allow you to use it quickly and effectively.
Here is a quick table of the shortcut keys and their functionality

Key(s)	Action
Searching
Start Typing	Select the matching name of a file or directory
CTRL+F	Search filenames and content of indexed files
CTRL+S	Selects all files or directories matching a pattern
Display and Window Management
CTRL+N	Create a new Nautilus window
CTRL+W	Close a Nautilus window
CTRL+SHIFT+W	Close all Nautilus windows
CTRL+1	View files in icon mode
CTRL+2	View files in list mode
F9	Toggle sidebar pane
File Management
CTRL+H	Show hidden files
CTRL+SHIFT+N	Create a new folder
CTRL+T or Del	Delete the file or directory and move to the trash
Shift+Del	Delete the selected file or directory and skip the trash
F2	Rename the selected file or directory
Alt+Enter	View properties of the selected file or directory
Movement
CTRL+L	Move into the location bar
Alt+HOME	Go to your $HOME folder
* or + or SHIFT+RArrow	Expand Directory in list view
- or SHIFT+LArrow	Close Directory in list view
ALT+LArrow	Browse through files and folders to the left
ALT+RArrow	Browse through files and folders to the right
ALT+UArrow	Move to the parent folder one level above
ALT+DArrow	Open the selected file or folder
Accessibility
CTRL++	Zoom in
CTRL+-	Zoom out
CTRL+0	Normal zoom