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Operating Systems AIX Matching command scroll - ksh Post 302425405 by bakunin on Thursday 27th of May 2010 08:55:20 PM
Old 05-27-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by juredd1
Code:
set -o vi

I don't know the official term
"VI command line editing mode". ;-)

Basically you have a vi-editor with only one line visible (and the history-file as text open) at the commandline. (Almost) every vi-command will work on the commandline too:

ESC (to set the editor from insert- to command-mode) and then:
  • k - a line up (therefore: last command)
  • j - a line down (therefore: next command, if you have already gone back some)
  • l - move cursor a character right
  • h - move cursor a character left
  • w - move cursor to first character of the word right to the cursor
  • b - move cursor to first character of the word left to the cursor
  • W/B - same as w/b but only taking whitespace as word boundaries into consideration
    This means: let text be "abc/def/ghi". If the cursor is on "g", then "w" brings you to the third "/", the next "w" to "d", etc., while "W" brings you to "a".
  • 0 - move to first character in the line

  • / - search through command history (all regexps allowed)
  • n - repeat last search and go to next hit
  • N - repeat last search and go to previous hit

  • i - reenter insert mode
  • a - append: insert right after cursor position
  • A - append at end of line

  • v - open a full vi with the command line as text (saving & exiting executes the command)
  • # - put a comment sign in front of the command and put it into history
    This won't execute anything, but saves a command(-part) for future use in the history file.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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