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Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace

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Greg Wooledge (12021-08-30):
> What you want to do is redraw the current command.  The easiest way to
> do this is to press Ctrl-L.  (Or if you're in vi mode, ESC Ctrl-L, and
> then you'll need to go back to command mode.)
> 
> This clears the whole screen, though.  So if there's information you
> need to preserve, take that into account.

With Zsh, there is the "redisplay" zle command, it does exactly that:
redraw the prompt and command without clearing the screen.

I do not know if readline, used by bash, has the same feature available.

As I said, without a line editor (dash for example), it is a feature of
the terminal, usually invoked with ^R.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George

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Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-08-30 14:40 +0200
  Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 14:50 +0200
  Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 14:50 +0200
    Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-08-30 15:00 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-08-31 04:00 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 17:10 +0200
    Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-30 17:10 +0200
      Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 17:40 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-31 16:10 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-31 16:20 +0200
            Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-31 16:50 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-31 16:50 +0200
            Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-01 16:10 +0200
        Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@little-beak.com> - 2021-09-02 05:50 +0200
          Re: Get Terminal to Echo line in buffer on backspace Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-02 15:40 +0200

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