Rapidly invoke an editor to write a long, complex, or tricky command

By: deshawnbw

2012-03-25 04:34:06

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Rapidly invoke an editor to write a long, complex, or tricky command

Next time you are using your shell, try typing ctrl-x e (that is holding control key press x and then e). The shell will take what you've written on the command line thus far and paste it into the editor specified by $EDITOR. Then you can edit at leisure using all the powerful macros and commands of vi, emacs, nano, or whatever. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
GNU nano 2.0.7         File: /tmp/bash-fc-30782221326                         

# begin writing some exceedingly long and complex command in the editor...
```
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ctrl-x e

fool · 2009-03-11 09:26:05 130
Rapidly invoke an editor to write a long, complex, or tricky command

Next time you are using your shell, try typing ctrl-x ctrl-e # in emacs mode or <ESC> v # in vi mode The shell will take what you've written on the command line thus far and paste it into the editor specified by $EDITOR. Then you can edit at leisure using all the powerful macros and commands of vi, emacs, nano, or whatever. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
/tmp/bash-fc-3778699542
```
21

<ESC> v or ctrl-x ctrl-e

pkufranky · 2011-04-30 11:08:02 68
bash: hotkey to put current commandline to text-editor

* in bash-shell You can capture the current commandline to a text-editor: * simply press: CTRL+x+e * Your current commandline will pe put into Your default text-editor (export EDITOR=vim)
This is sample output - yours may be different.
20

bash-hotkey: <CTRL+x+e>

alvinx · 2009-08-25 09:08:54 9
Rapidly invoke an editor to write a long, complex, or tricky command

Allows you to edit your command using your chosen editor. Works in bash with "set -o vi".
This is sample output - yours may be different.
15

<ESC> v

ormris · 2011-03-04 19:13:29 2

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