Where can I find documentation for readline?
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The read builtin command has -e option
-e Use Readline to handle input. This permits input editing in the same
manner as the command line.
What's Readline in the specification:
$ man readline
No manual entry for readline
$ man Readline
No manual entry for Readline
There are no details of readline.
bash
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The read builtin command has -e option
-e Use Readline to handle input. This permits input editing in the same
manner as the command line.
What's Readline in the specification:
$ man readline
No manual entry for readline
$ man Readline
No manual entry for Readline
There are no details of readline.
bash
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asked Apr 14 at 5:38
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How can I get help on terminal commands? – Astype readreveals (and you already found out),readis a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, soman bashis the correct source in your case.
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The read builtin command has -e option
-e Use Readline to handle input. This permits input editing in the same
manner as the command line.
What's Readline in the specification:
$ man readline
No manual entry for readline
$ man Readline
No manual entry for Readline
There are no details of readline.
bash
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
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asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
The read builtin command has -e option
-e Use Readline to handle input. This permits input editing in the same
manner as the command line.
What's Readline in the specification:
$ man readline
No manual entry for readline
$ man Readline
No manual entry for Readline
There are no details of readline.
bash
bash
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
48k13119228
asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
48k13119228
asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
48k13119228
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
48k13119228
edited Apr 14 at 13:25
Zanna
48k13119228
48k13119228
asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
asked Apr 14 at 5:38
JawSaw
395111
395111
1
How can I get help on terminal commands? – Astype readreveals (and you already found out),readis a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, soman bashis the correct source in your case.
– dessert
Apr 14 at 6:52
add a comment |Â
1
How can I get help on terminal commands? – Astype readreveals (and you already found out),readis a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, soman bashis the correct source in your case.
– dessert
Apr 14 at 6:52
1
1
How can I get help on terminal commands? – As
type read reveals (and you already found out), read is a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, so man bash is the correct source in your case.– dessert
Apr 14 at 6:52
How can I get help on terminal commands? – As
type read reveals (and you already found out), read is a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, so man bash is the correct source in your case.– dessert
Apr 14 at 6:52
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See man bash, which has an entire section on Readline:
READLINE
This is the library that handles reading input when using an
interactive shell, unless the --noediting option is given at shell
invocation. Line editing is also used when using the -e option to the
read builtin.
GNU Readline is a library that's developed alongside bash, but is used by a number of other programs to provide better interactive command-line usage (for example, Python's REPL loop). It can be configured using ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc. See the readline site for more details.
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
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@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part ofreadline-commonpackage, had to track it down via.listfiles.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
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Use man 3 readline for man page for Readline.
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
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Note this requireslibreadline-develon some systems
– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
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Use info rluserman for the complete manual, with interactive links.
Hit H and the bottom half of the screen will display a list of commands you can use to find what you need. Such as [ and ] to go through the nodes in rluserman. Or try to find something specific by starting a search, for example:
Suppose you were looking for the vi-editing-mode;
- hit
/to start a search - type your query, e.g.
vi, and confirm by hittingEnter - use
andto go back and forth through the occurrences in the manual.
(PS. viW', would be better because this would rule out hits like 'provided')
answered May 7 at 14:21
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
See man bash, which has an entire section on Readline:
READLINE
This is the library that handles reading input when using an
interactive shell, unless the --noediting option is given at shell
invocation. Line editing is also used when using the -e option to the
read builtin.
GNU Readline is a library that's developed alongside bash, but is used by a number of other programs to provide better interactive command-line usage (for example, Python's REPL loop). It can be configured using ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc. See the readline site for more details.
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part ofreadline-commonpackage, had to track it down via.listfiles.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
add a comment |Â
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
See man bash, which has an entire section on Readline:
READLINE
This is the library that handles reading input when using an
interactive shell, unless the --noediting option is given at shell
invocation. Line editing is also used when using the -e option to the
read builtin.
GNU Readline is a library that's developed alongside bash, but is used by a number of other programs to provide better interactive command-line usage (for example, Python's REPL loop). It can be configured using ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc. See the readline site for more details.
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part ofreadline-commonpackage, had to track it down via.listfiles.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
add a comment |Â
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
See man bash, which has an entire section on Readline:
READLINE
This is the library that handles reading input when using an
interactive shell, unless the --noediting option is given at shell
invocation. Line editing is also used when using the -e option to the
read builtin.
GNU Readline is a library that's developed alongside bash, but is used by a number of other programs to provide better interactive command-line usage (for example, Python's REPL loop). It can be configured using ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc. See the readline site for more details.
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
See man bash, which has an entire section on Readline:
READLINE
This is the library that handles reading input when using an
interactive shell, unless the --noediting option is given at shell
invocation. Line editing is also used when using the -e option to the
read builtin.
GNU Readline is a library that's developed alongside bash, but is used by a number of other programs to provide better interactive command-line usage (for example, Python's REPL loop). It can be configured using ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc. See the readline site for more details.
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
answered Apr 14 at 6:40
muru
130k19273463
130k19273463
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part ofreadline-commonpackage, had to track it down via.listfiles.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
add a comment |Â
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part ofreadline-commonpackage, had to track it down via.listfiles.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think those are just for the API. The readline site's documentation is more comprehensive.
– muru
Apr 14 at 6:53
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part of
readline-common package, had to track it down via .list files.– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
yep, the site might be a bit more comprehensive, but just in case someone stumbles around here looking for readline manpages, it actually a thing that exists. Correction on my last comment, though, it's part of
readline-common package, had to track it down via .list files.– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 14 at 7:00
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Use man 3 readline for man page for Readline.
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
Note this requireslibreadline-develon some systems
– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Use man 3 readline for man page for Readline.
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
Note this requireslibreadline-develon some systems
– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Use man 3 readline for man page for Readline.
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
Use man 3 readline for man page for Readline.
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
answered Apr 14 at 5:44
Eranda Peiris
661416
661416
Note this requireslibreadline-develon some systems
– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
add a comment |Â
Note this requireslibreadline-develon some systems
– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
Note this requires
libreadline-devel on some systems– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
Note this requires
libreadline-devel on some systems– Steven Penny
Apr 14 at 17:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Use info rluserman for the complete manual, with interactive links.
Hit H and the bottom half of the screen will display a list of commands you can use to find what you need. Such as [ and ] to go through the nodes in rluserman. Or try to find something specific by starting a search, for example:
Suppose you were looking for the vi-editing-mode;
- hit
/to start a search - type your query, e.g.
vi, and confirm by hittingEnter - use
andto go back and forth through the occurrences in the manual.
(PS. viW', would be better because this would rule out hits like 'provided')
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Use info rluserman for the complete manual, with interactive links.
Hit H and the bottom half of the screen will display a list of commands you can use to find what you need. Such as [ and ] to go through the nodes in rluserman. Or try to find something specific by starting a search, for example:
Suppose you were looking for the vi-editing-mode;
- hit
/to start a search - type your query, e.g.
vi, and confirm by hittingEnter - use
andto go back and forth through the occurrences in the manual.
(PS. viW', would be better because this would rule out hits like 'provided')
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Use info rluserman for the complete manual, with interactive links.
Hit H and the bottom half of the screen will display a list of commands you can use to find what you need. Such as [ and ] to go through the nodes in rluserman. Or try to find something specific by starting a search, for example:
Suppose you were looking for the vi-editing-mode;
- hit
/to start a search - type your query, e.g.
vi, and confirm by hittingEnter - use
andto go back and forth through the occurrences in the manual.
(PS. viW', would be better because this would rule out hits like 'provided')
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
Use info rluserman for the complete manual, with interactive links.
Hit H and the bottom half of the screen will display a list of commands you can use to find what you need. Such as [ and ] to go through the nodes in rluserman. Or try to find something specific by starting a search, for example:
Suppose you were looking for the vi-editing-mode;
- hit
/to start a search - type your query, e.g.
vi, and confirm by hittingEnter - use
andto go back and forth through the occurrences in the manual.
(PS. viW', would be better because this would rule out hits like 'provided')
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
answered May 7 at 14:21
pm-b
864
864
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How can I get help on terminal commands? – As
type readreveals (and you already found out),readis a shell builtin. Those are documented in the shell's manual pages, soman bashis the correct source in your case.– dessert
Apr 14 at 6:52