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Re: [Bug-readline] Readline 7.0 and history-search-backward/forward


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [Bug-readline] Readline 7.0 and history-search-backward/forward
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 19:46:16 -0400
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On 5/28/18 3:29 PM, Rahul Kumar wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is a bug, but after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04
> (which uses Readline 7.0) from an earlier version (using Readline 6.0),
> the behavior of history-search-backward/forward in Bash seems to be
> a bit different.  I have the following lines in my ~/.inputrc to cyle
> through Bash's command line history:
> 
>   "\eOA": history-search-backward
>   "\eOB": history-search-forward
>   "\e[A": history-search-backward
>   "\e[B": history-search-forward
> 
> Now, if I start with an emtpy ~/.bash_history and type in a two-word
> command like
> 
>   $ echo helloworld
> 
> and try to complete the arguments to echo the next time
> 
>   $ echo <arrow-up>
> 
> the command gets completed twice:
> 
>   $ echo helloworld
>   echo helloworld

Sorry, I can't reproduce this using bash-4.4.19.


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