[LUNI] How do you get esc "k" to work?

Jay Strauss jjstrauss at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 8 14:31:14 CST 2001


Thanks, (I did check bash man, <guilty> But only briefly, I was leaving for
work </guilty>)

Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Maney" <maney at pobox.com>
To: <luni at luni.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [LUNI] How do you get esc "k" to work?


> On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:55:18AM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote:
> > to move left, and esc-k to recall my last command).  How do I get vi
> > commands
> > in Linux?  I don't like using the arrow keys.
>
> According to man bash, you want
>
>   set -o vi
>
> <aside>
> One of the things I most like about Lasser's _Think UNIX_ is that it
begins
> with a very fine chapter on man pages and other documentation.  There's
> nothing half so fine a being able to answer the question for yourself,
> relatively quickly and easily.  Of course, as he also points out, man
pages
> aren't without their drawbacks...
> </aside>
>
> --
> Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions.  -- Fodor
>
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