bash: enabled vi-mode and added inputrc for important key bindings

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index c35c04f..2991c10 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 shopt -s histappend		# append to history instead of overwriting
 shopt -s checkwinsize	# check/update window dimenstions
 
+# enable vi mode
+set -o vi
+bind -m vi-insert 'Control-l: clear-screen'
+
 if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
 	# some aliases to avoid making mistakes:
 	alias rm='rm -i'
diff --git a/inputrc b/inputrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573028a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inputrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# history search with Page-Up/Down
+"\e[5~": history-search-backward
+"\e[6~": history-search-forward
+