Interesting tricks about bash

Created 20-04-2024, last change 20-04-2024

Key bindings

This displays the bound keys:

bind -p | fgrep -v '(not bound)' | fgrep -v 'self-insert'

Key bindings I needed to learn: C-a , C-e goto start / end of line

Bind Meta Cursor left / right

.inputrc: “\e\e[D”: backward-word “\e\e[C”: forward-word

bind -f ~/.inputrc

iTerm2

Profiles / Keys / General: remapping left option key to Esc+ makes it Meta, which is good for readline (e.g. M-f / M-b for forward/backward word)