What is 'v' key in bash vi-mode?

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While experimenting with bash vi mode (set -o vi) I accidentally pressed v while in normal/command mode then my editor(vim) fire up with a file named bash-fc.XXXXXX. what is this file? and why it opened upon pressing v key?






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    this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
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While experimenting with bash vi mode (set -o vi) I accidentally pressed v while in normal/command mode then my editor(vim) fire up with a file named bash-fc.XXXXXX. what is this file? and why it opened upon pressing v key?






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    this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
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While experimenting with bash vi mode (set -o vi) I accidentally pressed v while in normal/command mode then my editor(vim) fire up with a file named bash-fc.XXXXXX. what is this file? and why it opened upon pressing v key?






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While experimenting with bash vi mode (set -o vi) I accidentally pressed v while in normal/command mode then my editor(vim) fire up with a file named bash-fc.XXXXXX. what is this file? and why it opened upon pressing v key?






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    this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
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    this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
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this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
– Archemar
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this open a visual editor that allow you to edit current command.
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It is the same as Ctrl+X Ctrl+E in Emacs command line editing mode. It brings up the editor specified by $VISUAL or $EDITOR (or emacs if the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR are unset) for you to edit the current command in a temporary file. Save the file and exit the editor to execute the command.



From the bash manual (which does not document the Vi commands):




edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)



Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
result as shell commands. Bash attempts to invoke $VISUAL,
$EDITOR, and emacs as the editor, in that order.







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  • Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
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  • @cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
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It is the same as Ctrl+X Ctrl+E in Emacs command line editing mode. It brings up the editor specified by $VISUAL or $EDITOR (or emacs if the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR are unset) for you to edit the current command in a temporary file. Save the file and exit the editor to execute the command.



From the bash manual (which does not document the Vi commands):




edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)



Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
result as shell commands. Bash attempts to invoke $VISUAL,
$EDITOR, and emacs as the editor, in that order.







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  • Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
    – cevhyruz
    58 mins ago











  • @cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
    – Kusalananda
    22 mins ago















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It is the same as Ctrl+X Ctrl+E in Emacs command line editing mode. It brings up the editor specified by $VISUAL or $EDITOR (or emacs if the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR are unset) for you to edit the current command in a temporary file. Save the file and exit the editor to execute the command.



From the bash manual (which does not document the Vi commands):




edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)



Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
result as shell commands. Bash attempts to invoke $VISUAL,
$EDITOR, and emacs as the editor, in that order.







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  • Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
    – cevhyruz
    58 mins ago











  • @cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
    – Kusalananda
    22 mins ago













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It is the same as Ctrl+X Ctrl+E in Emacs command line editing mode. It brings up the editor specified by $VISUAL or $EDITOR (or emacs if the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR are unset) for you to edit the current command in a temporary file. Save the file and exit the editor to execute the command.



From the bash manual (which does not document the Vi commands):




edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)



Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
result as shell commands. Bash attempts to invoke $VISUAL,
$EDITOR, and emacs as the editor, in that order.







share|improve this answer














It is the same as Ctrl+X Ctrl+E in Emacs command line editing mode. It brings up the editor specified by $VISUAL or $EDITOR (or emacs if the environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR are unset) for you to edit the current command in a temporary file. Save the file and exit the editor to execute the command.



From the bash manual (which does not document the Vi commands):




edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e)



Invoke an editor on the current command line, and execute the
result as shell commands. Bash attempts to invoke $VISUAL,
$EDITOR, and emacs as the editor, in that order.








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  • Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
    – cevhyruz
    58 mins ago











  • @cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
    – Kusalananda
    22 mins ago

















  • Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
    – cevhyruz
    58 mins ago











  • @cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
    – Kusalananda
    22 mins ago
















Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
– cevhyruz
58 mins ago





Thanks for the info! so the v key was just the vi-mode keybinding for the fc builtin? I'm just wondering since I already had vim to display a custom statusline for fc (FCEDIT= "$EDITOR -u ~/fcedit.vim") why it wont work for that?
– cevhyruz
58 mins ago













@cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
– Kusalananda
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@cevhyruz I'm not 100% certain, but there's no indication that fc is being invoked or that FCEDIT is being used when triggering this Readline library function.
– Kusalananda
22 mins ago


















 

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