Using Readline Functions in Bash

Tutorial – Readline

Article from Issue 232/2020
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Readline provides you with a rich set of tools for working with text and moving around quickly and efficiently on the command line.

Try this: Open a terminal window and type the following at the prompt:

ls non-existent_dir

Then move your cursor back to the space between ls and non-existent_dir and press Ctrl+K. Next hit Ctrl+Y and see what happens.

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