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vi-mode

What is meant by a shell is in “vi” mode or “emacs” mode?

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

This question follows directly from the answer. In this case I am specifically unable to understand the part which says:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, keyboard-shortcuts, shell, vi-mode, vim Leave a comment

Is there any way to enable Ctrl+L to clear screen when ‘set -o vi’ is set?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

When you press Ctrl+L in bash default mode the screen is cleared. But when I run set -o vi and press Ctrl+L the keystroke is printed (^L).
Is there any way to keep this behavior?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, readline, vi-mode Leave a comment
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