110 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 8 Jul \ on: Entering text in the terminal is complicated devs
One of my top ten frustrations is expecting readline in an interactive mode and not getting it.
I hadn't heard of rlwrap. I'll have to give a try next time this happens.
Yeah, new to me as well.
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These little tips man, they are gold. Years ago I used to do a talk called "Cracking the Shell" that was just a bunch of stuff like this I'd picked up over the years. I know I'm not even scratching the surface. So many little tips and tricks.
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If you add this to your bashrc you can use vim key bindings to edit your commands.
set -o vi
Then if you write a command out and then press escape, you can use vim motions to move around and edit your command. Its mentioned in the post but not explained.
I find that useful.