RE: Tip to improve bash history

"Ow Mun Heng" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:35:02 +0800

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.redhat.rhl.general,gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaap A. Haitsma [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 4:51 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Tip to improve bash history
> 
> To get this behaviour always add the following two lines to your
> /etc/inputrc
> 
> "\M-[A":history-search-backward
> "\M-[B":history-search-forward


Can anyone pls explain... what does "\M-[A" translate to in terms of
keyboard keys?? What's a META key?

I saw a lot of \e or "\e[3~" but have no idea how to invoke them.

pls elaborate or tell me where to look for more into.


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