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[Newbie Question] What features/choices of ksh readline do you use?

  • 1.  [Newbie Question] What features/choices of ksh readline do you use?

    Posted Mon March 19, 2007 04:28 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I am an AIX newbie, who hasn't used ksh in many years.

    I have been introduced to
    set -o emacs
    + filename expansion with Esc-Esc
    + history search with C-r
    set -o vi
    + history search with Esc-?

    What other choices are there?
    Where are they documented? url?

    What other features do you find (not) useful?
    Automatic quoting of filenames with embedded spaces? How enabled?
    Presentation of choices for ambiguous expansion? How enabled?
    ...

    TIA,

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  • 2.  My suggestions

    Posted Wed March 21, 2007 05:49 AM

    Originally posted by: nagger


    I think emacs and vi mode are the only two.
    vi rules :-)

    I suggest you read the ksh manual but it is not user friendly as its full of ksh programming and the online side gets only a few words.

    ksh is pretty much the same on most UNIX and Linux system so read up on the web.
    The O'Reilly books are very easy reading and present what you really need to know.

    One of favourites is UNIX Power Tools
    but there is also Learning the Korn Shell
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