What typing ^D does on Unix (2009)

Re:What typing ^D does on Unix (2009) by wruza on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @03:54PM (#12438816)

It is also very convenient to remap up/down keys to not just list history, but to do completion based on already typed characters:

    if [[ $- == *i* ]]
    then
        bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'
        bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'
    fi

(fix: grammar)

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Re:What typing ^D does on Unix (2009) by nitrogen on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @04:10PM (#12438946)

Debian and Ubuntu typically have a commented-out mapping for this in /etc/inputrc as pgup/pgdn that I always enable in my ~/.inputrc. Editline supports something similar in .editrc IIRC.

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Re:What typing ^D does on Unix (2009) by wruza on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @07:10PM (#12439913)

Funny, I became FreeBSD user because default .cshrc contained it (iirc). I didn't know about shells, readline, etc. back then. Wonder why they do not enable it on up-down by default, cause I see too many linuxoids around bored with up-up-up-enter up-up-up-enter to replay history, not even knowing that completion exists (along with at least ^K ^U ^C).

What's the point to type a half-command and then replace input line with one from history if I press up? That somewhat resembles ugly cmd.exe, which every windows user imagines when someone says 'cli'.

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