rluserman: Readline Interaction

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1 1.2 Readline Interaction
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1 Often during an interactive session you type in a long line of text,
1 only to notice that the first word on the line is misspelled.  The
1 Readline library gives you a set of commands for manipulating the text
1 as you type it in, allowing you to just fix your typo, and not forcing
1 you to retype the majority of the line.  Using these editing commands,
1 you move the cursor to the place that needs correction, and delete or
1 insert the text of the corrections.  Then, when you are satisfied with
1 the line, you simply press <RET>.  You do not have to be at the end of
1 the line to press <RET>; the entire line is accepted regardless of the
1 location of the cursor within the line.
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Menu

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· Readline Bare Essentials    The least you need to know about Readline.
· Readline Movement Commands  Moving about the input line.
· Readline Killing Commands   How to delete text, and how to get it back!
· Readline Arguments          Giving numeric arguments to commands.
· Searching                   Searching through previous lines.
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