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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Arrow keys binding in AIX v5.3 - how? Post 302584296 by alex_5161 on Thursday 22nd of December 2011 05:02:25 PM
Old 12-22-2011
Arrow keys binding in AIX v5.3 - how?
Would somebody advise how arrow keys could be binded in AIX v5.3?

I could not find reasonable information online related to AIX.

I've meat advises to define:
Code:
alias __A=$'\020'  # or the same: alias __A=$(echo "\020")
alias __B=$'\016'
alias __C=$'\006'
alias __D=$'\002'

But it does not work.

I know it should work for 'emacs' command editor; so 'set -o emacs' could be active.

Does not work.

I know some useful keystrokes in vi-command-editing mode (having 'set -o vi'), but could not find a way to assign them to arrow key.
In vi it is possible with :map and :map!; but how to set it for shell command editing?

I am sure it is doable, but how?
Last edited by alex_5161; 12-22-2011 at 07:41 PM..
 

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aliasadm

aliasadm(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      aliasadm(1M)

NAME

       aliasadm - manipulate the NIS+ aliases map

SYNOPSIS

       aliasadm -a alias expansion [options comments] optional flags

       aliasadm -c alias expansion [ options comments] [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -d alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -e alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -l alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -m alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm [-I] [-D domainname] [-f filename] [-M mapname]

DESCRIPTION

       aliasadm makes changes to the alias map.

       The alias map is an NIS+ table object with four columns:

       alias	       The name of the alias as a null terminated string.

       expansion       The value of the alias as it would appear in a sendmail /etc/aliases file.

       options	       A  list	of options applicable to this alias.  The only option currently supported is  CANON. With this option, if the user
		       has requested an inverse alias lookup, and there is more than one alias with this expansion, this alias	is  given  prefer-
		       ence.

       comments        An  arbitrary  string  containing comments about this alias. The sendmail(1M) command reads this map in addition to the NIS
		       aliases map and the local  /etc/aliases database.

OPTIONS

       -a	       Add an alias.

       -c	       Change an alias.

       -d	       Delete an alias.

       -e	       Edit the alias map.

       -I	       Initialize the NIS+ aliases database.

       -l	       List the alias map.

       -m	       Print or match an alias.

       -D domainname   Edit the map in domain  domainname instead of the current domain.

       -f filename     When editing or listing the database, use filename instead of invoking the editor.

       -M mapname      Edit mapname instead of mail_aliases.

FILES

       /etc/aliases    mail aliases for the local host in ASCII format

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from  NIS+  to  LDAP  are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10							    12 Dec 2001 						      aliasadm(1M)
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