On 2018-03-20 11:34, Peter Sj??berg wrote: > 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 Yup, ^A# has been working for years for me. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________