32 Command Line Editing

This chapter describes the basic features of the gnu command line editing interface.

• Introduction and Notation: Notation used in this text.
• Readline Interaction: The minimum set of commands for editing a line.
• Readline Init File: Customizing Readline from a user's view.
• Bindable Readline Commands: A description of most of the Readline commands available for binding
• Readline vi Mode: A short description of how to make Readline behave like the vi editor.