On 2018-03-20 11:34, Peter Sj??berg wrote:
> On 2018-03-16 11:39 AM, Brett Delmage wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, J C Nash wrote:
> >
> >> This may introduce a tangent, but I find the limit is often not the
> >> coded one but issues related to
> >> - getting 250 characters into the line and not remembering whether the
> >> ?? parameter should be X or x and what the difference is.
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> > For those who may not be familiar, "<Esc>#" is a useful key combo in
> > bash for this situation. I was delighted to discover it.
> >
> > It immediately puts a "#" comment character at the start of your line
> > then submits it as if you had pressed enter. The incomplete command is
> > then in your command line buffer as a comment. You can look up the
> > missing info you need, then retrieve your command line using the Up
> > arrow key or ^R, then carry on completing and submitting it after
> > deleting the "#".
> >
> > Kind of like a ^Z suspend for the command line.
>
> Didn't know about <ESC># but using <Home># all the time
Yup, ^A# has been working for years for me.
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