bash: Miscellaneous Commands

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1 8.4.8 Some Miscellaneous Commands
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1 're-read-init-file (C-x C-r)'
1      Read in the contents of the INPUTRC file, and incorporate any
1      bindings or variable assignments found there.
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1 'abort (C-g)'
1      Abort the current editing command and ring the terminal's bell
1      (subject to the setting of 'bell-style').
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1 'do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, M-X, ...)'
1      If the metafied character X is lowercase, run the command that is
1      bound to the corresponding uppercase character.
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1 'prefix-meta (<ESC>)'
1      Metafy the next character typed.  This is for keyboards without a
1      meta key.  Typing '<ESC> f' is equivalent to typing 'M-f'.
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1 'undo (C-_ or C-x C-u)'
1      Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.
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1 'revert-line (M-r)'
1      Undo all changes made to this line.  This is like executing the
1      'undo' command enough times to get back to the beginning.
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1 'tilde-expand (M-&)'
1      Perform tilde expansion on the current word.
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1 'set-mark (C-@)'
1      Set the mark to the point.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the
1      mark is set to that position.
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1 'exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x)'
1      Swap the point with the mark.  The current cursor position is set
1      to the saved position, and the old cursor position is saved as the
1      mark.
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1 'character-search (C-])'
1      A character is read and point is moved to the next occurrence of
1      that character.  A negative count searches for previous
1      occurrences.
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1 'character-search-backward (M-C-])'
1      A character is read and point is moved to the previous occurrence
1      of that character.  A negative count searches for subsequent
1      occurrences.
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1 'skip-csi-sequence ()'
1      Read enough characters to consume a multi-key sequence such as
1      those defined for keys like Home and End.  Such sequences begin
1      with a Control Sequence Indicator (CSI), usually ESC-[.  If this
1      sequence is bound to "\e[", keys producing such sequences will have
1      no effect unless explicitly bound to a readline command, instead of
1      inserting stray characters into the editing buffer.  This is
1      unbound by default, but usually bound to ESC-[.
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1 'insert-comment (M-#)'
1      Without a numeric argument, the value of the 'comment-begin'
1      variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line.  If a
1      numeric argument is supplied, this command acts as a toggle: if the
1      characters at the beginning of the line do not match the value of
1      'comment-begin', the value is inserted, otherwise the characters in
1      'comment-begin' are deleted from the beginning of the line.  In
1      either case, the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed.
1      The default value of 'comment-begin' causes this command to make
1      the current line a shell comment.  If a numeric argument causes the
1      comment character to be removed, the line will be executed by the
1      shell.
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1 'dump-functions ()'
1      Print all of the functions and their key bindings to the Readline
1      output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the output is
1      formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an INPUTRC
1      file.  This command is unbound by default.
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1 'dump-variables ()'
1      Print all of the settable variables and their values to the
1      Readline output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the
1      output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an
1      INPUTRC file.  This command is unbound by default.
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1 'dump-macros ()'
1      Print all of the Readline key sequences bound to macros and the
1      strings they output.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the output
1      is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an INPUTRC
1      file.  This command is unbound by default.
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1 'glob-complete-word (M-g)'
1      The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname
1      expansion, with an asterisk implicitly appended.  This pattern is
1      used to generate a list of matching file names for possible
1      completions.
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1 'glob-expand-word (C-x *)'
1      The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname
1      expansion, and the list of matching file names is inserted,
1      replacing the word.  If a numeric argument is supplied, a '*' is
1      appended before pathname expansion.
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1 'glob-list-expansions (C-x g)'
1      The list of expansions that would have been generated by
1      'glob-expand-word' is displayed, and the line is redrawn.  If a
1      numeric argument is supplied, a '*' is appended before pathname
1      expansion.
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1 'display-shell-version (C-x C-v)'
1      Display version information about the current instance of Bash.
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1 'shell-expand-line (M-C-e)'
1      Expand the line as the shell does.  This performs alias and history
11      expansion as well as all of the shell word expansions (⇒Shell
      Expansions).
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1 'history-expand-line (M-^)'
1      Perform history expansion on the current line.
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1 'magic-space ()'
1      Perform history expansion on the current line and insert a space
1      (⇒History Interaction).
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1 'alias-expand-line ()'
1      Perform alias expansion on the current line (⇒Aliases).
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1 'history-and-alias-expand-line ()'
1      Perform history and alias expansion on the current line.
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1 'insert-last-argument (M-. or M-_)'
1      A synonym for 'yank-last-arg'.
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1 'operate-and-get-next (C-o)'
1      Accept the current line for execution and fetch the next line
1      relative to the current line from the history for editing.  Any
1      argument is ignored.
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1 'edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)'
1      Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
1      result as shell commands.  Bash attempts to invoke '$VISUAL',
1      '$EDITOR', and 'emacs' as the editor, in that order.
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