On 2/4/08, Puneet Lakhina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2008 6:31 PM, Agnello George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to make changes to the /etc/inputrc file ..... ( this file > > basically handles keyboard mapping for specific situations. see > > http://tldp.org/LDP/lfs/LFS-BOOK-6.1.1-HTML/chapter07/inputrc.html ) but > not > > much info is given on how to edit the file as per one likes. > > > > Suppose i want the keyboard key "ctl+e" to run the command ls -la .... > how > > do i do this in /etc/inputrc file. > > > > I didnt know about this inputrc file, until i read this mail of yours. > But seemed like an intersting enough option to explore. > > The real info for this is hidden in info readline. inputrc uses > emacs-style notations to denote keystrokes. Check it out. > > As for your requirement of mapping Ctrl+e to run the command ls -la, I > added the following to my .inputrc > > Control-e: "ls -la\n"
Thanks a lot dude !!! added this to end of the file at /etc/inputrc,,,,, and it worked . -- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
