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Add Use The Readline Keybindings Anywhere as a Unix TIL
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# Use The Readline Keybindings Anywhere
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There are these features of the "shell" that I've often heard called _emac
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keybindings_. These are things like `ctrl-a` (move the cursor to the beginning
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of the line) and `ctrl-e` (move the cursor to the end of the line) that I use
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every single day. There are several others that are in my heavy rotation,
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however, I learned about a couple more reading through [Shell Tricks That
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Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your
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Sanity)](https://blog.hofstede.it/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/).
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These are [Readline
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commands](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bindable-Readline-Commands.html)
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(or keybindings) which means they are supported by anything that uses Readline
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under the hood. So while you might be using these to great effect in `bash` and
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`zsh`, you should look for other places they are available.
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A non-exhaustive list includes:
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- Ruby's `irb`
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- `python`
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- Node.js' `node`
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- PostgreSQL's `psql`
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And many more similar REPLs and command line tools.
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Try these keybindings out in one of your favorites and when you're done hit
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`ctrl-c` to exit out of it.
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