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 8.4.8 Some Miscellaneous Commands
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 're-read-init-file (C-x C-r)'
      Read in the contents of the INPUTRC file, and incorporate any
      bindings or variable assignments found there.
 
 'abort (C-g)'
      Abort the current editing command and ring the terminal's bell
      (subject to the setting of 'bell-style').
 
 'do-uppercase-version (M-a, M-b, M-X, ...)'
      If the metafied character X is lowercase, run the command that is
      bound to the corresponding uppercase character.
 
 'prefix-meta (<ESC>)'
      Metafy the next character typed.  This is for keyboards without a
      meta key.  Typing '<ESC> f' is equivalent to typing 'M-f'.
 
 'undo (C-_ or C-x C-u)'
      Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.
 
 'revert-line (M-r)'
      Undo all changes made to this line.  This is like executing the
      'undo' command enough times to get back to the beginning.
 
 'tilde-expand (M-&)'
      Perform tilde expansion on the current word.
 
 'set-mark (C-@)'
      Set the mark to the point.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the
      mark is set to that position.
 
 'exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x)'
      Swap the point with the mark.  The current cursor position is set
      to the saved position, and the old cursor position is saved as the
      mark.
 
 'character-search (C-])'
      A character is read and point is moved to the next occurrence of
      that character.  A negative count searches for previous
      occurrences.
 
 'character-search-backward (M-C-])'
      A character is read and point is moved to the previous occurrence
      of that character.  A negative count searches for subsequent
      occurrences.
 
 'skip-csi-sequence ()'
      Read enough characters to consume a multi-key sequence such as
      those defined for keys like Home and End.  Such sequences begin
      with a Control Sequence Indicator (CSI), usually ESC-[.  If this
      sequence is bound to "\e[", keys producing such sequences will have
      no effect unless explicitly bound to a readline command, instead of
      inserting stray characters into the editing buffer.  This is
      unbound by default, but usually bound to ESC-[.
 
 'insert-comment (M-#)'
      Without a numeric argument, the value of the 'comment-begin'
      variable is inserted at the beginning of the current line.  If a
      numeric argument is supplied, this command acts as a toggle: if the
      characters at the beginning of the line do not match the value of
      'comment-begin', the value is inserted, otherwise the characters in
      'comment-begin' are deleted from the beginning of the line.  In
      either case, the line is accepted as if a newline had been typed.
      The default value of 'comment-begin' causes this command to make
      the current line a shell comment.  If a numeric argument causes the
      comment character to be removed, the line will be executed by the
      shell.
 
 'dump-functions ()'
      Print all of the functions and their key bindings to the Readline
      output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the output is
      formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an INPUTRC
      file.  This command is unbound by default.
 
 'dump-variables ()'
      Print all of the settable variables and their values to the
      Readline output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the
      output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an
      INPUTRC file.  This command is unbound by default.
 
 'dump-macros ()'
      Print all of the Readline key sequences bound to macros and the
      strings they output.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the output
      is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an INPUTRC
      file.  This command is unbound by default.
 
 'glob-complete-word (M-g)'
      The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname
      expansion, with an asterisk implicitly appended.  This pattern is
      used to generate a list of matching file names for possible
      completions.
 
 'glob-expand-word (C-x *)'
      The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname
      expansion, and the list of matching file names is inserted,
      replacing the word.  If a numeric argument is supplied, a '*' is
      appended before pathname expansion.
 
 'glob-list-expansions (C-x g)'
      The list of expansions that would have been generated by
      'glob-expand-word' is displayed, and the line is redrawn.  If a
      numeric argument is supplied, a '*' is appended before pathname
      expansion.
 
 'display-shell-version (C-x C-v)'
      Display version information about the current instance of Bash.
 
 'shell-expand-line (M-C-e)'
      Expand the line as the shell does.  This performs alias and history
      expansion as well as all of the shell word expansions ( Shell
      Expansions).
 
 'history-expand-line (M-^)'
      Perform history expansion on the current line.
 
 'magic-space ()'
      Perform history expansion on the current line and insert a space
      ( History Interaction).
 
 'alias-expand-line ()'
      Perform alias expansion on the current line ( Aliases).
 
 'history-and-alias-expand-line ()'
      Perform history and alias expansion on the current line.
 
 'insert-last-argument (M-. or M-_)'
      A synonym for 'yank-last-arg'.
 
 'operate-and-get-next (C-o)'
      Accept the current line for execution and fetch the next line
      relative to the current line from the history for editing.  Any
      argument is ignored.
 
 'edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)'
      Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
      result as shell commands.  Bash attempts to invoke '$VISUAL',
      '$EDITOR', and 'emacs' as the editor, in that order.
 

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