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302 Chapter 29. Command Line Editing
forward-char (C-f)
Move forward a character.
backward-char (C-b)
Move back a character.
forward-word (M-f)
Move forward to the end of the next word. Words are composed of letters and digits.
backward-word (M-b)
Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are composed of letters and digits.
clear-screen (C-l)
Clear the screen and redraw the current line, leaving the current line at the top of the screen.
redraw-current-line ()
Refresh the current line. By default, this is unbound.
29.4.2. Commands For Manipulating The History
accept-line (Newline or Return)
Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is. If this line is non-empty, it may be added to
the history list for future recall with
add_history()
. If this line is a modified history line, the
history line is restored to its original state.
previous-history (C-p)
Move ‘back’ through the history list, fetching the previous command.
next-history (C-n)
Move ‘forward’ through the history list, fetching the next command.
beginning-of-history (M-
[
)
Move to the first line in the history.
end-of-history (M-
\
)
Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being entered.
reverse-search-history (C-r)
Search backward starting at the current line and moving ‘up’ through the history as necessary.
This is an incremental search.
forward-search-history (C-s)
Search forward starting at the current line and moving ‘down’ through the the history as neces-
sary. This is an incremental search.
non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p)
Search backward starting at the current line and moving ‘up’ through the history as necessary
using a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user.