Re: Bash's vi command line editing mode

On 03/27/2012 12:03 PM, Charles Campbell wrote:
> Ven Tadipatri wrote:
>> Well...duh..there's an easy fix for this. Just prefix the command with
>> '#'
>> Then hit :wq to save it and "run" it. Still...why does it behave this
>> way?
>> Shouldn't I be able to choose not to run the command when I exit
>> from Bash's vi editing mode?
>> This is on a Centos 5 machine, and the terminal is a Gnome terminal.
>>
> It looks like several of the answers presume you're using vim/gvim
> rather than the bash shell's vi-mode (ie. :cq, which doesn't work under
> bash shell). Assuming that you actually meant to ask what should you
> type while in the shell, not while in vim:
>
> Try 0D
>
> (move cursor to beginning of line, delete contents from cursor to
> end-ofline)
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>

I think dd is easier. The OP said, though, that he is talking about
vim launched from command line. -ak

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