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