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bind — Bash builtin to manage bash hotkeys and variables. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/b

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Problem

How to use the bind command: Bash builtin to manage bash hotkeys and variables. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-bind>.

Solution

bind — Bash builtin to manage bash hotkeys and variables. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-bind>.

List all bound commands and their hotkeys:

bind {{-p|-P}}

Query a command for its hotkey:

bind -q {{command}}

Bind a key:

bind -x '"{{key_sequence}}":{{command}}'

List user defined bindings:

bind -X

Display help:

help bind

Code Snippets

List all bound commands and their hotkeys

bind {{-p|-P}}

Query a command for its hotkey

bind -q {{command}}

Bind a key

bind -x '"{{key_sequence}}":{{command}}'

List user defined bindings

bind -X

Display help

help bind

Context

tldr-pages: common/bind

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