Rebinding of Editing Functions
The bind
command enables you to rebind editing functions. You can use the command to
display or modify the
key bindings for EMacs-style editors and vi-style editors. The syntax of the
bind command is:
bind
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Display the current editing key bindings
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bind
key=definition
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Bind key to
definition
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bind
key
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Display the current definition for
key
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bind
key=
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Remove binding of key
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bind -m
key=definition
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Define key to be a macro with
definition
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bind -m
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Same as bind
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where:
key is the name of a key.
definition is the definition of the macro
to be bound to the key.
Some of the more important default key bindings for EMacs-style editors are:
^A = beginning-of-line
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^B = backward-char
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^D = eot-or-delete
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^E = end-of-line
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^F = forward-char
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^G = abort
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^K = kill-to-eo
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^L = redraw
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^N = down-history
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^P = up-history
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^R = search-history
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^^ = quote
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^? = delete-char-backward
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^H = delete-char-backward
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^[b = backward-word
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^[d = delete-word-forward
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^[f = forward-word
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^[^H = delete-word-backward
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^[^[ = complete
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^[? = list-command
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Some of the more important default key bindings for vi-style editors are:
a = append
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A = append at EOL
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c = change
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d = delete
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G = go to line
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h = backward character
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i = insert
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I = insert at BOL
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j = next line
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k = previous line
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l = forward line
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n = next match
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N = prev match
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p = put after
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P = put before
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r = repeat
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R = replace
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s = substitute
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u = undo
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x = delete character
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X = delete previous character
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y = yank
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~ = transpose case
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_ = last argument
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* = expand
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= = list expansion
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- = previous line
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+ = next line
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sp = forward char
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# = comment out command
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? = search history from beginning
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/ = search history from current
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In insert mode, the following keystrokes are special:
^? = delete character
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^H = delete character
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^U = kill line
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^W = delete word
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