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Using the Korn Shell

Command Line Editing Korn Setting the Command Line Editor

In the Korn shell, use one of the following commands to set the option to be used for command line editing:

set -o emacs set -o gmacs set -o vi

The keys for specific commands will depend on which editor option is specified.

Command Line Editor Keys

Begin command line editing by entering the key sequence to recall a previous command from history. In vi mode, the initial command must be preceded by Esc, so command line editing is initiated with Esc k or Esc -. In emacs or gmacs mode, enter Ctrl-P to recall the previous command or Esc < to recall the first command from the history.

emacs / gmacs vi Automatic file name completion Esc Esc Esc \ Begin command line editing Ctrl-P
Esc < Esc k
Esc - Previous line/command Ctrl-P k
- Next line/command Ctrl-N j
+ First line/command in history Esc < Last line/command in history Esc > Search backward in history /string Search forward in history ?string Repeat search in same direction n Repeat search in reverse direction N Execute and advance to next command in history Ctrl-O Clear entire line Ctrl-U Backwards one character Ctrl-B h
Backspace Forward one character Ctrl-F l Backwards to first character of word Esc b b Forward to first character of word w Forward to last character of word e Forward to end of word Esc f Beginning of line Ctrl-A 0 (zero) First non-blank character in line ^ End of line Ctrl-E $ Column n n| ("or" bar) Find next character in line fchar Repeat find in same direction ; Repeat find in reverse direction , Delete character at cursor Ctrl-D x Delete character before cursor Backspace X Delete n characters nx Delete n characters before cursor nX Delete word before cursor Esc Backspace Ctrl-W Delete from cursor to end of line Ctrl-K D Delete to end of word Esc d Replace current character r Replace multiple character R Insert before current character i Insert after current character a Insert at beginning of line I Insert at end of line A Repeat most recent command . Undo last change u Undo all changes U Cancel emacs command (cancels Esc) Ctrl-G Cancel UNIX command; new prompt Ctrl-C Display version temporarily Ctrl-V Transpose two characters
emacs: transpose current character with following character
gmacs: transpose previous two characters Ctrl-T
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