Command Line Editing

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This chapter describes the basic features of the gnu command line editing interface.

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• Introduction and Notation :: Notation used in this text.
• Readline Interaction :: The minimum set of commands for editing a line.
• Readline Init File :: Customizing Readline from a user's view.
• Bindable Readline Commands :: A description of most of the Readline commands available for binding
• Readline vi Mode :: A short description of how to make Readline behave like the vi editor.