type partial command, kill this command, check something you forgot, yank the command, resume typing.

<ctrl+u> [...] <ctrl+y>

Example : vim /etc/fstab ## damn <ctrl+u> sudo <ctrl+y> ## like a boss. Example 2 : sudo vim /root/bin/ ##uh... autocomplete doesn't work... <ctrl+u> sudo ls /root/bin ##ah! that's the name of the file! <ctrl+y> sudo vim /root/bin/ ##resume here! Thanks readline!

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By: adeverteuil

2010-07-23 03:33:46

bash readline undo key sequence

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type partial command, kill this command, check something you forgot, yank the command, resume typing.

Use this if you're using vi editing mode. Example use : sudo vim /root/bin/ ##uh... autocomplete doesn't work... dd sudo ls /root/bin ##ah! that's the name of the file! <p> sudo vim /root/bin/ ##resume here! Thanks readline!
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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dd [...] p

bartonski · 2010-07-23 23:19:06 3

What Others Think

Also helpful, for me: - to have last argument of previous commands in history - to search history - for "undo"

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This is awesome! I find it useful in combination with (to search history). For some reason when I search for a previous command I often realize I need to do something first before I run it.

randy909 · 671 weeks and 1 day ago

Edit to previous comment: I find it useful in combination with ctrl-r (to search history)...

randy909 · 671 weeks and 1 day ago

The only downside is that it doesn't show up in your history, and you may override your copy buffer. A slightly safer (albeit more complicated) way to manage this is to do Ctrl-a to take you to the beginning of the line, then put a # (comment character) in front of the command and hit enter. Now you can recall the command through history and modify it by using Ctrl-a to go to the beginning again and remove the #.

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I doesn't show in history because the command wasn't executed, which seems entirely correct behavior, and such opperation go to the cutbuffer. Anyhow, with zsh you can do the following to use the cutbuffer: Esc-q Esc-g

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use ctrl+a to jump to start of the line

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