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Old 09-19-2011
Question Bind keys using unix
I am using unix and I want to bind a key so that when I press it, text appears in the command line:

Eg: Press '=' and 'verbatim18 centres_show' appears.

Can anyone help me? I have tried as many combinations as I have found on the internet, but it just keeps saying either 'Command not found' or 'No match'

Am somewhat at a loss as to what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
# 2  
Old 09-19-2011
It would help to know what your system and shell is...

I don't think you're going to be able to rename = as anything. You need that.
Last edited by Corona688; 09-19-2011 at 12:51 PM..
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Old 09-19-2011
I'm using PuTTY (I think?) Sorry, it's on my work computer...not sure how else to tell.

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I guess PuTTY is the system...how can I tell the shell?

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I was only using = as an example, I was planning on binding other keys Smilie
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Old 09-19-2011
Don't mistake the picture for the computer, 'PUTTY' isn't your system, 'PUTTY' is the terminal emulator you use to talk to the system.

If that's not what you want to do, what do you actually want to do?

Try uname -a.
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Old 09-20-2011
When I typed

uname -a } verbatim18

This appeared:

usage: uname [-snrvmapiX]
uname [-S system_name]


I want to be able to bind a key on my keyboard so that when I push it text appears on the command line for me to add to.

For example I need to type out 'verbatim18 centres_show' plus about 70 different optional endings about 50 times a day.

eg: 'verbatim18 centres_show 7021 - 1 To 1 QC 1 ET 1 EA 1 Title 1 Surname'

If all I had to type was } 7021 - 1 To 1 QC 1 ET 1 EA 1 Title 1 Surname that would cut the time down greatly. Ideally I would like to bind several keys so all I had to do was type } = * & and the text I required would appear. This way it would save me (and my colleagues) lots of time!

And I didn't realise that about Putty. How could I go about finding out what the system and shell are?

And thank you for your help! It is appreciated!
# 6  
Old 09-20-2011
Start by doing what was asked: Type just
Code:
uname

and give us the output
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Old 09-20-2011
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