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NAME
       readline - get a line from a user with editing

NOTATION
       An  emacs-style  notation  is  used  to denote keystrokes.
       Control keys are denoted by C-key, e.g.,  C-n  means  Con-
       trol-N.  Similarly, meta keys are denoted by M-key, so M-x
       means Meta-X.  (On keyboards without a meta key, M-x means
       ESC  x,  i.e.,  press the Escape key then the x key.  This
       makes ESC the meta prefix.  The  combination  M-C-x  means
       ESC-Control-x,  or press the Escape key then hold the Con-
       trol key while pressing the x key.)

       Readline commands may be given  numeric  arguments,  which
       normally act as a repeat count.  Sometimes, however, it is
       the sign of the argument that is significant.   Passing  a
       negative  argument  to  a command that acts in the forward
       direction (e.g., kill-line) causes that command to act  in
       a  backward direction.  Commands whose behavior with argu-
       ments deviates from this are noted.

       When a command is described  as  killing  text,  the  text
       deleted  is saved for possible future retrieval (yanking).
       The killed text is saved  in  a  kill  ring.   Consecutive
       kills  cause  the  text  to  be accumulated into one unit,
       which can be yanked all at once.  Commands  which  do  not
       kill text separate the chunks of text on the kill ring.

INITIALIZATION FILE
       Readline  is customized by putting commands in an initial-
       ization file (the inputrc file).  The name of this file is
       taken  from the value of the INPUTRC environment variable.
       If that variable is  unset,  the  default  is  ~/.inputrc.
       When  a program which uses the readline library starts up,
       the init file is read, and the key bindings and  variables
       are set.  There are only a few basic constructs allowed in
       the readline init file.  Blank lines are  ignored.   Lines
       beginning with a # are comments.  Lines beginning with a $
       indicate conditional constructs.  Other lines  denote  key
       bindings  and  variable settings.  Each program using this
       library may add its own commands and bindings.

       For example, placing

              M-Control-u: universal-argument
       or
              C-Meta-u: universal-argument
       into the inputrc would make  M-C-u  execute  the  readline
       command universal-argument.

       The  following  symbolic  character  names  are recognized
       while processing key bindings: RUBOUT, DEL, ESC, LFD, NEW-
       LINE,  RET,  RETURN,  SPC, SPACE, and TAB.  In addition to
       command names, readline allows  keys  to  be  bound  to  a



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       string that is inserted when the key is pressed (a macro).


   Key Bindings
       The syntax for controlling key  bindings  in  the  inputrc
       file  is  simple.  All that is required is the name of the
       command or the text of a macro and a key sequence to which
       it  should  be  bound. The name may be specified in one of
       two ways: as a symbolic key name, possibly with  Meta-  or
       Control-  prefixes,  or as a key sequence.  When using the
       form keyname:function-name or macro, keyname is  the  name
       of a key spelled out in English.  For example:

              Control-u: universal-argument
              Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word
              Control-o: ">&output"

       In the above example, C-u is bound to the function univer-
       sal-argument,  M-DEL  is  bound  to  the  function   back-
       ward-kill-word,   and  C-o  is  bound  to  run  the  macro
       expressed on the right hand side (that is, to  insert  the
       text >&output into the line).

       In  the second form, "keyseq":function-name or macro, key-
       seq differs from keyname above in that strings denoting an
       entire  key  sequence  may  be  specified  by  placing the
       sequence within double quotes.  Some GNU Emacs  style  key
       escapes can be used, as in the following example.

              "\C-u": universal-argument
              "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file
              "\e[11~": "Function Key 1"

       In  this  example, C-u is again bound to the function uni-
       versal-argument.   C-x  C-r  is  bound  to  the   function
       re-read-init-file,  and ESC [ 1 1 ~ is bound to insert the
       text Function Key 1.  The full  set  of  GNU  Emacs  style
       escape sequences is
              \C-    control prefix
              \M-    meta prefix
              \e     an escape character
              \\     backslash
              \"     literal "
              \'     literal '

       In  addition  to  the  GNU Emacs style escape sequences, a
       second set of backslash escapes is available:
              \a     alert (bell)
              \b     backspace
              \d     delete
              \f     form feed
              \n     newline
              \r     carriage return
              \t     horizontal tab



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              \v     vertical tab
              \nnn   the character whose ASCII code is the  octal
                     value nnn (one to three digits)
              \xnnn  the  character  whose ASCII code is the hex-
                     adecimal value nnn (one to three digits)

       When entering the text of a macro, single or double quotes
       should  be  used to indicate a macro definition.  Unquoted
       text is assumed to be a function name.  In the macro body,
       the backslash escapes described above are expanded.  Back-
       slash will quote any other character in  the  macro  text,
       including " and '.

       Bash  allows  the current readline key bindings to be dis-
       played or modified with the  bind  builtin  command.   The
       editing  mode  may  be  switched during interactive use by
       using the -o option to the  set  builtin  command.   Other
       programs  using  this  library provide similar mechanisms.
       The inputrc file may be edited and re-read  if  a  program
       does  not provide any other means to incorporate new bind-
       ings.

   Variables
       Readline has variables that can be used  to  further  cus-
       tomize its behavior.  A variable may be set in the inputrc
       file with a statement of the form

              set variable-name value

       Except where noted, readline variables can take the values
       On or Off.  The variables and their default values are:

       bell-style (audible)
              Controls  what  happens when readline wants to ring
              the terminal bell.  If set to none, readline  never
              rings the bell.  If set to visible, readline uses a
              visible bell if one is available.  If set to  audi-
              ble, readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell.
       comment-begin (``;'')
              The string that is inserted in  vi  mode  when  the
              insert-comment  command  is executed.  This command
              is bound to M-# in emacs mode and to # in  vi  com-
              mand mode.
       completion-ignore-case (Off)
              If  set  to On, readline performs filename matching
              and completion in a case-insensitive fashion.
       blink-matching-paren (On)
              If set to On, readline will display the correspond-
              ing  opening parenthesis when a closing parenthesis
              is typed.
       completion-query-items (100)
              This determines when  the  user  is  queried  about
              viewing  the  number of possible completions gener-
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              be  set  to any integer value greater than or equal
              to zero.  If the number of possible completions  is
              greater  than  or  equal to the value of this vari-
              able, the user is asked whether or not he wishes to
              view  them; otherwise they are simply listed on the
              terminal.
       disable-completion (Off)
              If set to On, readline will  inhibit  word  comple-
              tion.   Completion characters will be inserted into
              the line as if they had been mapped to self-insert.
       editing-mode (emacs)
              Controls  whether readline begins with a set of key
              bindings similar to emacs or vi.  editing-mode  can
              be set to either emacs or vi.
       enable-keypad (Off)
              When  set  to  On,  readline will try to enable the
              application keypad when it is called.  Some systems
              need this to enable the arrow keys.
       expand-tilde (Off)
              If  set  to  on,  tilde expansion is performed when
              readline attempts word completion.
       horizontal-scroll-mode (Off)
              When set to On, makes readline use  a  single  line
              for  display, scrolling the input horizontally on a
              single screen line when it becomes longer than  the
              screen width rather than wrapping to a new line.
       keymap (emacs)
              Set  the current readline keymap.  The set of legal
              keymap names is emacs, emacs-standard,  emacs-meta,
              emacs-ctlx, vi, vi-move, vi-command, and vi-insert.
              vi is equivalent to vi-command; emacs is equivalent
              to emacs-standard.  The default value is emacs; the
              value of  editing-mode  also  affects  the  default
              keymap.
       mark-directories (On)
              If  set  to  On,  completed  directory names have a
              slash appended.
       mark-modified-lines (Off)
              If set to On, history lines that have been modified
              are displayed with a preceding asterisk (*).
       convert-meta (On)
              If set to On, readline will convert characters with
              the eighth bit set to  an  ASCII  key  sequence  by
              stripping  the  eighth bit and prepending an escape
              character (in effect, using escape as the meta pre-
              fix).
       meta-flag (Off)
              If  set to On, readline will enable eight-bit input
              (that is, it will not strip the high bit  from  the
              characters it reads), regardless of what the termi-
              nal claims it can support.
       output-meta (Off)
              If set to On, readline will display characters with
              the  eighth bit set directly rather than as a meta-



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              prefixed escape sequence.
       print-completions-horizontally (Off)
              If set to On,  readline  will  display  completions
              with  matches  sorted  horizontally in alphabetical
              order, rather than down the screen.
       show-all-if-ambiguous (Off)
              This alters the default behavior of the  completion
              functions.   If  set  to  on, words which have more
              than one possible completion cause the  matches  to
              be  listed immediately instead of ringing the bell.
       visible-stats (Off)
              If set to On, a character denoting a file's type as
              reported  by  stat(2)  is  appended to the filename
              when listing possible completions.

   Conditional Constructs
       Readline implements a facility similar in  spirit  to  the
       conditional  compilation  features  of  the C preprocessor
       which allows key bindings and variable settings to be per-
       formed  as  the  result  of  tests.  There are four parser
       directives used.

       $if    The $if construct allows bindings to be made  based
              on  the  editing  mode, the terminal being used, or
              the application using readline.  The  text  of  the
              test  extends to the end of the line; no characters
              are required to isolate it.

              mode   The mode= form of the $if directive is  used
                     to  test  whether readline is in emacs or vi
                     mode.  This may be used in conjunction  with
                     the set keymap command, for instance, to set
                     bindings in the  emacs-standard  and  emacs-
                     ctlx  keymaps  only  if readline is starting
                     out in emacs mode.

              term   The term= form may be used to include termi-
                     nal-specific  key  bindings, perhaps to bind
                     the key sequences output by  the  terminal's
                     function  keys.   The word on the right side
                     of the = is tested against the full name  of
                     the terminal and the portion of the terminal
                     name before the first -.  This allows sun to
                     match both sun and sun-cmd, for instance.

              application
                     The application construct is used to include
                     application-specific settings.  Each program
                     using the readline library sets the applica-
                     tion name, and an  initialization  file  can
                     test  for a particular value.  This could be
                     used to bind key sequences to functions use-
                     ful  for  a specific program.  For instance,
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                     that  quotes the current or previous word in
                     Bash:

                     $if bash
                     # Quote the current or previous word
                     "\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\""
                     $endif

       $endif This command, as seen in the previous example, ter-
              minates an $if command.

       $else  Commands  in  this  branch of the $if directive are
              executed if the test fails.

       $include
              This directive takes a single filename as an  argu-
              ment  and  reads  commands  and  bindings from that
              file.  For example, the following  directive  would
              read /etc/inputrc:

              $include  /etc/inputrc

SEARCHING
       Readline  provides commands for searching through the com-
       mand history for  lines  containing  a  specified  string.
       There  are two search modes: incremental and non-incremen-
       tal.

       Incremental searches begin before the  user  has  finished
       typing the search string.  As each character of the search
       string is typed, readline displays the next entry from the
       history  matching the string typed so far.  An incremental
       search requires only as many characters as needed to  find
       the  desired  history entry.  The Escape character is used
       to terminate an incremental search.  Control-J  will  also
       terminate the search.  Control-G will abort an incremental
       search and restore the original line.  When the search  is
       terminated, the history entry containing the search string
       becomes the current line.  To find other matching  entries
       in the history list, type Control-S or Control-R as appro-
       priate.  This will search backward or forward in the  his-
       tory for the next line matching the search string typed so
       far.  Any other key sequence bound to a  readline  command
       will  terminate  the search and execute that command.  For
       instance, a newline will terminate the search  and  accept
       the  line,  thereby executing the command from the history
       list.

       Non-incremental searches read  the  entire  search  string
       before starting to search for matching history lines.  The
       search string may be typed by the user or be part  of  the
       contents of the current line.





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EDITING COMMANDS
       The  following  is a list of the names of the commands and
       the default key sequences to which they are  bound.   Com-
       mand  names  without  an  accompanying  key  sequence  are
       unbound by default.

   Commands for Moving
       beginning-of-line (C-a)
              Move to the start of the current line.
       end-of-line (C-e)
              Move to the end of the line.
       forward-char (C-f)
              Move forward a character.
       backward-char (C-b)
              Move back a character.
       forward-word (M-f)
              Move forward to the end of the  next  word.   Words
              are  composed  of  alphanumeric characters (letters
              and digits).
       backward-word (M-b)
              Move back to the start of this,  or  the  previous,
              word.   Words  are composed of alphanumeric charac-
              ters (letters and digits).
       clear-screen (C-l)
              Clear the screen leaving the current  line  at  the
              top  of  the screen.  With an argument, refresh the
              current line without clearing the screen.
       redraw-current-line
              Refresh the current line.

   Commands for Manipulating the History
       accept-line (Newline, Return)
              Accept the line regardless of where the cursor  is.
              If  this  line  is non-empty, add it to the history
              list. If the line is a modified history line,  then
              restore the history line to its original state.
       previous-history (C-p)
              Fetch  the  previous command from the history list,
              moving back in the list.
       next-history (C-n)
              Fetch the next command from the history list,  mov-
              ing forward in the list.
       beginning-of-history (M-<)
              Move to the first line in the history.
       end-of-history (M->)
              Move  to  the  end  of the input history, i.e., the
              line currently being entered.
       reverse-search-history (C-r)
              Search backward starting at the  current  line  and
              moving `up' through the history as necessary.  This
              is an incremental search.
       forward-search-history (C-s)
              Search forward starting at  the  current  line  and
              moving  `down'  through  the  history as necessary.



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              This is an incremental search.
       non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p)
              Search backward through the history starting at the
              current  line  using a non-incremental search for a
              string supplied by the user.
       non-incremental-forward-search-history (M-n)
              Search forward through the  history  using  a  non-
              incremental  search  for  a  string supplied by the
              user.
       history-search-forward
              Search forward through the history for  the  string
              of characters between the start of the current line
              and the current cursor position (the point).   This
              is a non-incremental search.
       history-search-backward
              Search  backward through the history for the string
              of characters between the start of the current line
              and the point.  This is a non-incremental search.
       yank-nth-arg (M-C-y)
              Insert  the  first argument to the previous command
              (usually the second word on the previous  line)  at
              point (the current cursor position).  With an argu-
              ment n, insert the nth word from the previous  com-
              mand  (the words in the previous command begin with
              word 0).  A negative argument inserts the nth  word
              from the end of the previous command.
       yank-last-arg (M-., M-_)
              Insert  the  last  argument to the previous command
              (the last word  of  the  previous  history  entry).
              With an argument, behave exactly like yank-nth-arg.
              Successive calls to yank-last-arg move back through
              the  history  list,  inserting the last argument of
              each line in turn.

   Commands for Changing Text
       delete-char (C-d)
              Delete the character under the cursor.  If point is
              at  the beginning of the line, there are no charac-
              ters in the line, and the last character typed  was
              not bound to delete-char, then return EOF.
       backward-delete-char (Rubout)
              Delete the character behind the cursor.  When given
              a numeric argument, save the deleted  text  on  the
              kill ring.
       quoted-insert (C-q, C-v)
              Add  the  next  character that you type to the line
              verbatim.  This is how to  insert  characters  like
              C-q, for example.
       tab-insert (M-TAB)
              Insert a tab character.
       self-insert (a, b, A, 1, !, ...)
              Insert the character typed.
       transpose-chars (C-t)
              Drag  the  character  before point forward over the



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              character at point.  Point moves forward  as  well.
              If  point is at the end of the line, then transpose
              the two characters before  point.   Negative  argu-
              ments don't work.
       transpose-words (M-t)
              Drag  the  word  behind the cursor past the word in
              front of the cursor moving  the  cursor  over  that
              word as well.
       upcase-word (M-u)
              Uppercase  the current (or following) word.  With a
              negative argument, uppercase the previous word, but
              do not move point.
       downcase-word (M-l)
              Lowercase  the current (or following) word.  With a
              negative argument, lowercase the previous word, but
              do not move point.
       capitalize-word (M-c)
              Capitalize the current (or following) word.  With a
              negative argument, capitalize  the  previous  word,
              but do not move point.

   Killing and Yanking
       kill-line (C-k)
              Kill  the  text from the current cursor position to
              the end of the line.
       backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout)
              Kill backward to the beginning of the line.
       unix-line-discard (C-u)
              Kill backward from point to the  beginning  of  the
              line.  The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
       kill-whole-line
              Kill  all characters on the current line, no matter
              where the cursor is.
       kill-word (M-d)
              Kill from the cursor to  the  end  of  the  current
              word,  or  if between words, to the end of the next
              word.  Word boundaries are the same as  those  used
              by forward-word.
       backward-kill-word (M-Rubout)
              Kill  the  word behind the cursor.  Word boundaries
              are the same as those used by backward-word.
       unix-word-rubout (C-w)
              Kill the word behind the cursor, using white  space
              as  a  word boundary.  The word boundaries are dif-
              ferent from backward-kill-word.
       delete-horizontal-space (M-\)
              Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
       kill-region
              Kill the text between the  point  and  mark  (saved
              cursor  position).  This text is referred to as the
              region.
       copy-region-as-kill
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       copy-backward-word
              Copy the word before point to the kill buffer.  The
              word boundaries are the same as backward-word.
       copy-forward-word
              Copy  the  word following point to the kill buffer.
              The word boundaries are the same as forward-word.
       yank (C-y)
              Yank the top of the kill ring into  the  buffer  at
              the cursor.
       yank-pop (M-y)
              Rotate  the  kill ring, and yank the new top.  Only
              works following yank or yank-pop.

   Numeric Arguments
       digit-argument (M-0, M-1, ..., M--)
              Add this digit to the argument  already  accumulat-
              ing,  or  start a new argument.  M-- starts a nega-
              tive argument.
       universal-argument
              This is another way to  specify  an  argument.   If
              this  command  is  followed  by one or more digits,
              optionally with a leading minus sign, those  digits
              define the argument.  If the command is followed by
              digits, executing universal-argument again ends the
              numeric  argument,  but is otherwise ignored.  As a
              special case, if this command is  immediately  fol-
              lowed  by  a  character  that is neither a digit or
              minus sign, the argument count for the next command
              is  multiplied by four.  The argument count is ini-
              tially one, so executing this  function  the  first
              time  makes  the argument count four, a second time
              makes the argument count sixteen, and so on.

   Completing
       complete (TAB)
              Attempt to perform completion on  the  text  before
              point.  The actual completion performed is applica-
              tion-specific.  Clisp, for instance, attempts  com-
              pletion  of symbol names, of function names (if the
              text is prefixed by ( or #') or  of  filenames  (if
              the  text  is  prefixed by #").  Bash, on the other
              hand, attempts completion treating the  text  as  a
              variable  (if the text begins with $), username (if
              the text begins with  ~),  hostname  (if  the  text
              begins  with  @), or command (including aliases and
              functions) in turn.  If none of  these  produces  a
              match,  filename  completion  is  attempted.   Gdb,
              finally, allows completion of program functions and
              variables,  and  only  attempts filename completion
              under certain circumstances.
       possible-completions (M-?)
              List the possible completions of  the  text  before
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       insert-completions (M-*)
              Insert  all  completions  of  the text before point
              that would have been generated by  possible-comple-
              tions.
       menu-complete
              Similar  to  complete,  but replaces the word to be
              completed with a single match from the list of pos-
              sible completions.  Repeated execution of menu-com-
              plete steps through the list  of  possible  comple-
              tions, inserting each match in turn.  At the end of
              the list of completions, the bell is rung  and  the
              original  text is restored.  An argument of n moves
              n positions forward in the list of matches; a nega-
              tive  argument may be used to move backward through
              the list.  This command is intended to be bound  to
              TAB, but is unbound by default.

   Keyboard Macros
       start-kbd-macro (C-x ()
              Begin  saving the characters typed into the current
              keyboard macro.
       end-kbd-macro (C-x ))
              Stop saving the characters typed into  the  current
              keyboard macro and store the definition.
       call-last-kbd-macro (C-x e)
              Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by mak-
              ing the characters in the macro appear as if  typed
              at the keyboard.

   Miscellaneous
       re-read-init-file (C-x C-r)
              Read  in  the  contents  of  the  inputrc file, and
              incorporate any bindings  or  variable  assignments
              found there.
       abort (C-g)
              Abort the current editing command and ring the ter-
              minal's   bell   (subject   to   the   setting   of
              bell-style).
       do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, M-x, ...)
              If  the  metafied character x is lowercase, run the
              command that is bound to the  corresponding  upper-
              case character.
       prefix-meta (ESC)
              Metafy  the next character typed.  ESC f is equiva-
              lent to Meta-f.
       undo (C-_, C-x C-u)
              Incremental undo, separately  remembered  for  each
              line.
       revert-line (M-r)
              Undo  all  changes made to this line.  This is like
              executing the undo command enough times  to  return
              the line to its initial state.
       tilde-expand (M-~)
              Perform tilde expansion on the current word.



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       set-mark (C-@, M-<space>)
              Set  the  mark  to the current point.  If a numeric
              argument is supplied, the mark is set to that posi-
              tion.
       exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x)
              Swap  the  point with the mark.  The current cursor
              position is set to the saved position, and the  old
              cursor position is saved as the mark.
       character-search (C-])
              A  character is read and point is moved to the next
              occurrence of that  character.   A  negative  count
              searches for previous occurrences.
       character-search-backward (M-C-])
              A  character is read and point is moved to the pre-
              vious occurrence of  that  character.   A  negative
              count searches for subsequent occurrences.
       insert-comment (M-#)
              The value of the readline comment-begin variable is
              inserted at the beginning of the current line,  and
              the  line  is  accepted  as  if  a newline had been
              typed.  This makes the current line  a  shell  com-
              ment.
       dump-functions
              Print  all  of the functions and their key bindings
              to the readline output stream.  If a numeric  argu-
              ment is supplied, the output is formatted in such a
              way that it can be made part of an inputrc file.
       dump-variables
              Print all of the settable variables and their  val-
              ues  to  the  readline output stream.  If a numeric
              argument is supplied, the output  is  formatted  in
              such  a  way that it can be made part of an inputrc
              file.
       dump-macros
              Print all of the readline key  sequences  bound  to
              macros  and  the  strings they ouput.  If a numeric
              argument is supplied, the output  is  formatted  in
              such  a  way that it can be made part of an inputrc
              file.
       emacs-editing-mode (C-e)
              When in vi editing mode, this causes  a  switch  to
              emacs editing mode.
       vi-editing-mode (M-C-j)
              When in emacs editing mode, this causes a switch to
              vi editing mode.

DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
       The following is a list of the default emacs and vi  bind-
       ings.   Characters  with  the  8th  bit set are written as
       M-<character>, and are referred to as metafied characters.
       The  printable  ASCII characters not mentioned in the list
       of emacs standard bindings are bound  to  the  self-insert
       function,  which just inserts the given character into the
       input line.  In vi  insertion  mode,  all  characters  not



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       specifically  mentioned are bound to self-insert.  Charac-
       ters assigned to signal generation by stty(1) or the  ter-
       minal  driver,  such  as C-Z or C-C, retain that function.
       Upper and lower case metafied characters are bound to  the
       same  function in the emacs mode meta keymap.  The remain-
       ing characters are unbound, which causes readline to  ring
       the  bell  (subject to the setting of the bell-style vari-
       able).

   Emacs Mode
             Emacs Standard bindings

             "C-@"                    set-mark
             "C-A"                    beginning-of-line
             "C-B"                    backward-char
             "C-D"                    delete-char
             "C-E"                    end-of-line
             "C-F"                    forward-char
             "C-G"                    abort
             "C-H"                    backward-delete-char
             "C-I"                    complete
             "C-J"                    accept-line
             "C-K"                    kill-line
             "C-L"                    clear-screen
             "C-M"                    accept-line
             "C-N"                    next-history
             "C-P"                    previous-history
             "C-Q"                    quoted-insert
             "C-R"                    reverse-search-history
             "C-S"                    forward-search-history
             "C-T"                    transpose-chars
             "C-U"                    unix-line-discard
             "C-V"                    quoted-insert
             "C-W"                    unix-word-rubout
             "C-Y"                    yank
             "C-]"                    character-search
             "C-_"                    undo
             " " to "/"               self-insert
             "0"  to "9"              self-insert
             ":"  to "~"              self-insert
             "C-?"                    backward-delete-char

             Emacs Meta bindings

             "M-C-G"                  abort
             "M-C-H"                  backward-kill-word
             "M-C-I"                  tab-insert
             "M-C-J"                  vi-editing-mode
             "M-C-M"                  vi-editing-mode
             "M-C-R"                  revert-line
             "M-C-Y"                  yank-nth-arg
             "M-C-["                  complete
             "M-C-]"                  character-search-backward
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             "M-#"                    insert-comment
             "M-&"                    tilde-expand
             "M-*"                    insert-completions
             "M--"                    digit-argument
             "M-."                    yank-last-arg
             "M-0"                    digit-argument
             "M-1"                    digit-argument
             "M-2"                    digit-argument
             "M-3"                    digit-argument
             "M-4"                    digit-argument
             "M-5"                    digit-argument
             "M-6"                    digit-argument
             "M-7"                    digit-argument
             "M-8"                    digit-argument
             "M-9"                    digit-argument
             "M-<"                    beginning-of-history
             "M-="                    possible-completions
             "M->"                    end-of-history
             "M-?"                    possible-completions
             "M-B"                    backward-word
             "M-C"                    capitalize-word
             "M-D"                    kill-word
             "M-F"                    forward-word
             "M-L"                    downcase-word
             "M-N"                    non-incremental-forward-search-history
             "M-P"                    non-incremental-reverse-search-history
             "M-R"                    revert-line
             "M-T"                    transpose-words
             "M-U"                    upcase-word
             "M-Y"                    yank-pop
             "M-\"                    delete-horizontal-space
             "M-~"                    tilde-expand
             "M-C-?"                  backward-delete-word
             "M-_"                    yank-last-arg

             Emacs Control-X bindings

             "C-XC-G"                 abort
             "C-XC-R"                 re-read-init-file
             "C-XC-U"                 undo
             "C-XC-X"                 exchange-point-and-mark
             "C-X("                   start-kbd-macro
             "C-X)"                   end-kbd-macro
             "C-XE"                   call-last-kbd-macro
             "C-XC-?"                 backward-kill-line


   VI Mode bindings
             VI Insert Mode functions

             "C-D"                    vi-eof-maybe
             "C-H"                    backward-delete-char
             "C-I"                    complete
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             "C-M"                    accept-line
             "C-R"                    reverse-search-history
             "C-S"                    forward-search-history
             "C-T"                    transpose-chars
             "C-U"                    unix-line-discard
             "C-V"                    quoted-insert
             "C-W"                    unix-word-rubout
             "C-Y"                    yank
             "C-["                    vi-movement-mode
             "C-_"                    undo
             " " to "~"               self-insert
             "C-?"                    backward-delete-char

             VI Command Mode functions

             "C-D"                    vi-eof-maybe
             "C-E"                    emacs-editing-mode
             "C-G"                    abort
             "C-H"                    backward-char
             "C-J"                    accept-line
             "C-K"                    kill-line
             "C-L"                    clear-screen
             "C-M"                    accept-line
             "C-N"                    next-history
             "C-P"                    previous-history
             "C-Q"                    quoted-insert
             "C-R"                    reverse-search-history
             "C-S"                    forward-search-history
             "C-T"                    transpose-chars
             "C-U"                    unix-line-discard
             "C-V"                    quoted-insert
             "C-W"                    unix-word-rubout
             "C-Y"                    yank
             " "                      forward-char
             "#"                      insert-comment
             "$"                      end-of-line
             "%"                      vi-match
             "&"                      vi-tilde-expand
             "*"                      vi-complete
             "+"                      next-history
             ","                      vi-char-search
             "-"                      previous-history
             "."                      vi-redo
             "/"                      vi-search
             "0"                      beginning-of-line
             "1" to "9"               vi-arg-digit
             ";"                      vi-char-search
             "="                      vi-complete
             "?"                      vi-search
             "A"                      vi-append-eol
             "B"                      vi-prev-word
             "C"                      vi-change-to
             "D"                      vi-delete-to
             "E"                      vi-end-word



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             "F"                      vi-char-search
             "G"                      vi-fetch-history
             "I"                      vi-insert-beg
             "N"                      vi-search-again
             "P"                      vi-put
             "R"                      vi-replace
             "S"                      vi-subst
             "T"                      vi-char-search
             "U"                      revert-line
             "W"                      vi-next-word
             "X"                      backward-delete-char
             "Y"                      vi-yank-to
             "\"                      vi-complete
             "^"                      vi-first-print
             "_"                      vi-yank-arg
             "`"                      vi-goto-mark
             "a"                      vi-append-mode
             "b"                      vi-prev-word
             "c"                      vi-change-to
             "d"                      vi-delete-to
             "e"                      vi-end-word
             "f"                      vi-char-search
             "h"                      backward-char
             "i"                      vi-insertion-mode
             "j"                      next-history
             "k"                      prev-history
             "l"                      forward-char
             "m"                      vi-set-mark
             "n"                      vi-search-again
             "p"                      vi-put
             "r"                      vi-change-char
             "s"                      vi-subst
             "t"                      vi-char-search
             "u"                      undo
             "w"                      vi-next-word
             "x"                      vi-delete
             "y"                      vi-yank-to
             "|"                      vi-column
             "~"                      vi-change-case

SEE ALSO
       The Gnu Readline Library, Brian Fox
       The Gnu History Library, Brian Fox
       bash(1)

FILES
       ~/.inputrc
              Individual readline initialization file

AUTHORS
       Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation (primary author)
       bfox@ai.MIT.Edu

       Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University



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       chet@ins.CWRU.Edu

       Bruno Haible
       haible@clisp.cons.org

BUG REPORTS
       If you find a bug in readline, you should report it.  Send
       mail to haible@clisp.cons.org.

BUGS
       It's too big and too slow.














































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