1 | <sect1 id="postlfs-config-inputrc">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html" dir="postlfs"?>
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3 | <title>/etc/inputrc</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>Inputrc deals with the mapping of the keyboard for certain
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6 | situations. This file is the start-up file used by readline - the input
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7 | related library used by Bash and most other shells.</para>
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8 |
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9 | <para>For more information see <filename>info bash</filename> -- Node:
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10 | Readline Init file as well as <filename>info readline</filename>. There
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11 | is a lot that can be done with this one rc file.</para>
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12 |
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13 | <para>The following is a base <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> along with
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14 | comments to explain what the various options do.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <para>Please note that comments can <emphasis>not</emphasis> be on the
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17 | same line as commands in <filename>inputrc</filename>.</para>
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18 |
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19 | <para><screen># Begin /etc/inputrc
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20 |
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21 | # Make sure we don't output everything on the 1 line
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22 | set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
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23 |
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24 | # Enable 8bit input
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25 | set meta-flag On
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26 | set input-meta On
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27 |
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28 | # Turns off 8th bit stripping
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29 | set convert-meta Off
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30 |
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31 | # Keep the 8th bit for display
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32 | set output-meta On
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33 |
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34 | # none, visible or audible
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35 | set bell-style none
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36 |
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37 | # All of the following map the escape sequence of the
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38 | # value contained inside the 1st argument to the
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39 | # readline specific functions
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40 |
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41 | "\eOd": backward-word
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42 | "\eOc": forward-word
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43 |
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44 | # for linux console
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45 | "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
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46 | "\e[4~": end-of-line
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47 | "\e[5~": beginning-of-history
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48 | "\e[6~": end-of-history
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49 | "\e[3~": delete-char
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50 | "\e[2~": quoted-insert
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51 |
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52 | # for xterm
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53 | "\eOH": beginning-of-line
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54 | "\eOF": end-of-line
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55 |
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56 | # End /etc/inputrc</screen></para>
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57 |
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58 | <para>Global values are set in <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>.
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59 | Personal user values as are set in <filename>~/.inputrc</filename>. The
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60 | <filename>~/.inputrc</filename> file will override the global settings
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61 | file. The previous page sets up Bash to use
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62 | <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> by default. If you want your system
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63 | to use both, it might be a good idea to place a default
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64 | <filename>.inputrc</filename> into the <filename>/etc/skel</filename>
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65 | directory for use with new users.</para>
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66 |
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67 | </sect1>
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