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Cannot do this simple thing
Post 302113311 by tantric on Thursday 5th of April 2007 02:27:13 AM
04-05-2007
Cannot do this simple thing
I think its a bash thing and it is really annoying me..
its difficult to explain the problem but I will try..
When I type a command on the shell prompt... then lets say I go back to the 2nd letter and correct a typo.. after that I cannot get the cursor beyond the last alphabet that I had typed..
In the following.. type is in red and position of cursor is: ^
% ./a.out -g file.txt -n 15
^
Then I correct the typo..
% ./a.out -f file.txt -n 15
^
then I want to continue ahead and complete the command
% ./a.out -f file.txt -n 15
^
but my cursor wouldnt go beyond the last character (5 in this case) aaargghh !!!
So I have to delete 5 using "x", now the cursor comes to 1..and I cannont go beyond that !!!!!
its difficult to explain the problem but I will try..
When I type a command on the shell prompt... then lets say I go back to the 2nd letter and correct a typo.. after that I cannot get the cursor beyond the last alphabet that I had typed..
In the following.. type is in red and position of cursor is: ^
% ./a.out -g file.txt -n 15
^
Then I correct the typo..
% ./a.out -f file.txt -n 15
^
then I want to continue ahead and complete the command
% ./a.out -f file.txt -n 15
^
but my cursor wouldnt go beyond the last character (5 in this case) aaargghh !!!
So I have to delete 5 using "x", now the cursor comes to 1..and I cannont go beyond that !!!!!
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