How to set and determine the command line mode of the bash?
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How to set the vi or emacs command line editing mode the Bash AND how to determine which mode is currently set?
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How to set the vi or emacs command line editing mode the Bash AND how to determine which mode is currently set?
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To set:
set -o vi
Or:
set -o emacs
(setting one unsets the other. You can do set -o vi +o vi to unset both)
To check:
if [[ -o emacs ]]; then
echo emacs mode
elif [[ -o vi ]]; then
echo vi mode
else
echo neither
fi
That syntax comes from ksh. The set -o vi is POSIX. set -o emacs is not (as Richard Stallman objected to the emacs mode being specified by POSIX) but very common among shell implementations. Some shells support extra editing modes. [[ -o option ]] is not POSIX, but supported by ksh, bash and zsh. [ -o option ] is supported by bash, ksh and yash (note that -o is also a binary OR operator for [).
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
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It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
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set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi'will return whether emacs or vi is set.
– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
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There is also bind -V | grep editing-mode.
man bash is huge but well worth reading in depth.
answered 17 mins ago
studog
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
8
down vote
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To set:
set -o vi
Or:
set -o emacs
(setting one unsets the other. You can do set -o vi +o vi to unset both)
To check:
if [[ -o emacs ]]; then
echo emacs mode
elif [[ -o vi ]]; then
echo vi mode
else
echo neither
fi
That syntax comes from ksh. The set -o vi is POSIX. set -o emacs is not (as Richard Stallman objected to the emacs mode being specified by POSIX) but very common among shell implementations. Some shells support extra editing modes. [[ -o option ]] is not POSIX, but supported by ksh, bash and zsh. [ -o option ] is supported by bash, ksh and yash (note that -o is also a binary OR operator for [).
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
2
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi'will return whether emacs or vi is set.
– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
To set:
set -o vi
Or:
set -o emacs
(setting one unsets the other. You can do set -o vi +o vi to unset both)
To check:
if [[ -o emacs ]]; then
echo emacs mode
elif [[ -o vi ]]; then
echo vi mode
else
echo neither
fi
That syntax comes from ksh. The set -o vi is POSIX. set -o emacs is not (as Richard Stallman objected to the emacs mode being specified by POSIX) but very common among shell implementations. Some shells support extra editing modes. [[ -o option ]] is not POSIX, but supported by ksh, bash and zsh. [ -o option ] is supported by bash, ksh and yash (note that -o is also a binary OR operator for [).
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
2
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi'will return whether emacs or vi is set.
– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
To set:
set -o vi
Or:
set -o emacs
(setting one unsets the other. You can do set -o vi +o vi to unset both)
To check:
if [[ -o emacs ]]; then
echo emacs mode
elif [[ -o vi ]]; then
echo vi mode
else
echo neither
fi
That syntax comes from ksh. The set -o vi is POSIX. set -o emacs is not (as Richard Stallman objected to the emacs mode being specified by POSIX) but very common among shell implementations. Some shells support extra editing modes. [[ -o option ]] is not POSIX, but supported by ksh, bash and zsh. [ -o option ] is supported by bash, ksh and yash (note that -o is also a binary OR operator for [).
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
To set:
set -o vi
Or:
set -o emacs
(setting one unsets the other. You can do set -o vi +o vi to unset both)
To check:
if [[ -o emacs ]]; then
echo emacs mode
elif [[ -o vi ]]; then
echo vi mode
else
echo neither
fi
That syntax comes from ksh. The set -o vi is POSIX. set -o emacs is not (as Richard Stallman objected to the emacs mode being specified by POSIX) but very common among shell implementations. Some shells support extra editing modes. [[ -o option ]] is not POSIX, but supported by ksh, bash and zsh. [ -o option ] is supported by bash, ksh and yash (note that -o is also a binary OR operator for [).
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
edited 3 hours ago
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
answered 3 hours ago
Stéphane Chazelas
295k54556898
295k54556898
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
2
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi'will return whether emacs or vi is set.
– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
add a comment |
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
2
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi'will return whether emacs or vi is set.
– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
It works and it is surprising, that it is that difficult to determine the mode.
– Blcknx
3 hours ago
2
2
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi' will return whether emacs or vi is set.– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
set -o | egrep -w '^emacs|vi' will return whether emacs or vi is set.– Stephen Harris
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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0
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There is also bind -V | grep editing-mode.
man bash is huge but well worth reading in depth.
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
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0
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There is also bind -V | grep editing-mode.
man bash is huge but well worth reading in depth.
answered 17 mins ago
studog
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add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
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There is also bind -V | grep editing-mode.
man bash is huge but well worth reading in depth.
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
There is also bind -V | grep editing-mode.
man bash is huge but well worth reading in depth.
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
answered 17 mins ago
studog
21316
21316
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