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<title>Creating the /etc/inputrc File</title>
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<primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename> file deals with mapping
the keyboard for specific situations. This file is the start-up file
used by Readline — the input-related library — used by Bash
and most other shells.</para>
<para>Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so
the command below creates a global <filename>/etc/inputrc</filename>
used by everyone who logs in. If you later decide you need to override
the defaults on a per-user basis, you can create a
<filename>.inputrc</filename> file in the user's home directory with
the modified mappings.</para>
<para>For more information on how to edit the <filename>inputrc</filename>
file, see <command>info bash</command> under the <emphasis>Readline Init
File</emphasis> section. <command>info readline</command> is also a good
source of information.</para>
<para>Below is a generic global <filename>inputrc</filename> along
with comments to explain what the various options do. Note that
comments cannot be on the same line as commands. Create the file
using the following command:</para>
<screen><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat > ${CLFS}/etc/inputrc << "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/inputrc
# Modified by Chris Lynn <roryo@roryo.dynup.net>
# Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
# Enable 8bit input
set meta-flag On
set input-meta On
# Turns off 8th bit stripping
set convert-meta Off
# Keep the 8th bit for display
set output-meta On
# none, visible or audible
set bell-style none
# All of the following map the escape sequence of the
# value contained inside the 1st argument to the
# readline specific functions
"\eOd": backward-word
"\eOc": forward-word
# for linux console
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
"\e[6~": end-of-history
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
# for xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
# for Konsole
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line
# End /etc/inputrc</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
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