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Do the correct inputrc command by a shell line code

How do we do inputrc command by a shell line code as gave failure here

$ bind -x '"\C-l":next-history'

bash: next-history: command not found  
$

Please do sincere help

Solution

  • According to man bash:

    • -x keyseq:shell-command

      Cause shell-command to be executed whenever keyseq is entered. [...]

    So for your case when you press CTRL-L, Bash will try to execute a command named next-history.

    To map to Readline's next-history you can write like this:

    bind '"\C-l": next-history'