GNU Readline Library User Interface

Edition 4.1, for Readline Library Version 4.1.

January 2000

This document describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library, a utility which aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface.

• 1 Command Line Editing
  • 1.1 Introduction to Line Editing
  • 1.2 Readline Interaction
    • 1.2.1 Readline Bare Essentials
    • 1.2.2 Readline Movement Commands
    • 1.2.3 Readline Killing Commands
    • 1.2.4 Readline Arguments
    • 1.2.5 Searching for Commands in the History
  • 1.3 Readline Init File
    • 1.3.1 Readline Init File Syntax
    • 1.3.2 Conditional Init Constructs
    • 1.3.3 Sample Init File
  • 1.4 Bindable Readline Commands
    • 1.4.1 Commands For Moving
    • 1.4.2 Commands For Manipulating The History
    • 1.4.3 Commands For Changing Text
    • 1.4.4 Killing And Yanking
    • 1.4.5 Specifying Numeric Arguments
    • 1.4.6 Letting Readline Type For You
    • 1.4.7 Keyboard Macros
    • 1.4.8 Some Miscellaneous Commands
  • 1.5 Readline vi Mode

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