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In bash, if you set $EDITOR to your favorite text editor, you can send the current line to $EDITOR with ctrl-x ctrl-e. After editing the command you can save and exit for the command to execute.

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You can also just press 'v' if you're using vi mode in ksh like hardened old unixbeards like me :}

fc builtin does the same thing. No ctrl-key sequences required.

Just type "fc"

With previous commands, one can also specify a particular editor instead of default $EDITOR

For example, to edit the previous command with ed when EDITOR=vi

  fc -e ed

A quick way to make shell scripts from command line history in vi mode (where 15th entry in history is the desired command line):

  fc 15
  w1.sh
  %d
  wq

And for the fish folk, it's Alt-e

I love these shortcuts but sadly I never remember them when I do need them

I use this with copilot.vim in Neovim and EDITOR=nvim to get AI shell autocomplete. It's pretty good!

Got it from here https://twitter.com/arjie/status/1575201117595926530?s=46&t=...

Or even just bind it to ctrl-e in bash:

bind '\C-e: edit-and-execute-command'

that sounds horrific. every time you tried to go to the end of the line you'd get interrupted by launching an editor!

I always just use the home and end buttons for that kind of thing.

i don't even know where they are without looking at the keyboard. then when i try to press them half the time i accidentally press insert or print-screen instead

When I have this problem I remap the key I needed to a location that does work for me.

now you have two problems

I have `set -o vi` so, `esc` and `$` takes me to the end of the line. `ctrl-e` is unused for me unless I bind it to something I think is useful.

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