.inputrc

#---------------------------Key Bindings--------------------------------

# up           => {search/move} backward in the history entries
"\e[A": history-search-backward
# down         => {search/move} forward in the history entried
"\e[B": history-search-forward
# right        => move forward by one character
"\e[C": forward-char
# left         => move backward by one character
"\e[D": backward-char

# Ctrl + right => move forward by one word
"\e[1;5C":  forward-word
"\e[5C":    forward-word
"\e\e[C":   forward-word
# Ctrl + left  => move backward by one word
"\e[1;5D":  backward-word
"\e[5D":    backward-word
"\e\e[D":   backward-word

# 'HOME'       => move to the beginning of the line
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
# 'END'        => move to the end of the line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
# 'PageUp'
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
# 'PageDown'
"\e[6~": end-of-history

# 'INS'        => insert next typed key literally
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
# 'DEL'        => delete current char under the cursor
"\e[3~": delete-char

#-------------- <Ctrl-key> mappings-------------------#
#
# Ctrl + p     => move to previous history entry
"\C-p": previous-history
# Ctrl + n     => move to next history entry
"\C-n": next-history

# edit the PATH env
"\C-xp": "PATH=${PATH}"

#-------------- <Alt-key> mappings-------------------#
#
# navigate history
#"\ep": previous-history
#"\en": next-history
# search history
"\ej": history-search-backward

# move within line
"\eh": backward-char
"\el": forward-char
"\ef": forward-word
"\eb": backward-word

# insert the last argument of previous command
"\ek": yank-last-arg

# insert a pair of quotes
"\e\"": "\"\"\C-b"
"\e'": "''\C-b"
"\e(": "()\C-b"
"\e`": "``\C-b"

# Quote current or previous word with double quotes
"\eq": "\eb\"\ef\""

#-------------- <Ctrl-Alt-key> mappings-------------------#
#
# append '|less ' into command
"\e\C-l":"\C-e | less\C-m"
# execute in background ,with all output discarded
"\e\C-b":"\C-e > /dev/null 2>&1 &\C-m"


#---------------------------Readline Options--------------------------------

# use the key-bindings of vim style
#set editing-mode vi

# list all candidates instead of ring the bell, when completing
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
# append  single type character to each completion candidates.
set visible-stats on
# perform name completion in case-insensitive way.
#set completion-ignore-case on

# Completed dir names have a slash appended
set mark-directories on
# Completed names which are symlinks to dirs have a slash appended
set mark-symlinked-directories on


# never ring the bell!
set bell-style none

# allow eight-bit input, do not strip the high bit
set input-meta on
# do not strip the eighth bit
set convert-meta off
# display characters with the eighth bit set directly
set output-meta on

# specific for gdb
#$if gdb
    #set editing-mode vi
#$endif