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alif

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Registered: 2025-08-16

Posts: 3

having trouble with kshrc

hi everyone,
i'm using ksh and am trying to make the forward-delete key work on the command line but i don't seem to be able to figure it out.
ksh version is Version A 2020.

the contents of my .kshrc file are:

set -o emacs
#bind '\e[3~'=delete-char-forward
#bind '^[[3'=prefix-2
#bind '^[[3~'=delete-char-forward
alias __A=`echo "\020"`     # up arrow = ^p = back a command
alias __B=`echo "\016"`     # down arrow = ^n = down a command
alias __C=`echo "\006"`     # right arrow = ^f = forward a character
alias __D=`echo "\002"`     # left arrow = ^b = back a character
alias __H=`echo "\001"`     # home = ^a = start of line
alias __Y=`echo "\004"`     # end = ^e = end of line

as you can see above, i tried the bind command but it seems incompatible with my version of ksh. i've tried a number of other methods but because i don't understand what the code \020 and other similar portions actually signify. i went through some of the manuals but would appreciate any indication of how i can properly alias any key and function on the command line in ksh.

thanks in advance to everyone as well.

solskog

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Registered: 2020-09-05

Posts: 462

Re: having trouble with kshrc

Using set -o emacs is enough for me to have a working Ctrl+d = Deletes the character under the cursor

Last edited by solskog (2025-08-26 06:58:08)