On 4 August 2010 09:46, Tha.Suresh <jemenisur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Edit The Command Line With Vim > > This is a quick (and great) tip I found at Daily Vim: > > Open a linux terminal, and type some (long) command. > Now type [ctrl]+[x] and then [ctrl]+[e] > The command should be moved now to a vim window. > Edit the command (fix typos, change parameters, etc..) and save. > The command will now be executed. :)
You cn do most of the command line editing via readline. set -o emacs or set -o vim and most of the vim and emacs command line editing will work on the shell. -balaji -- http://balajin.net/blog http://flic.kr/balajijegan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc