Re: Can't type square brackets in BASH

• Subject: Re: Can't type square brackets in BASH
• From: Tron Thomas <email@hidden>
• Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:52:01 -0700
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Tron Thomas wrote:

I am running Mac OS X 10.4.7. I have two systems, a PowerMac and an
iBook. I've just recently discovered that I can no longer type square
brackets "[]" in the Terminal application when I'm at the BASH prompt. If I run something like the Python interpreter I can type brackets. Once I go back to BASH brackets are again refused. Attempts to copy and
paste do not work. The left bracket gets stripped from the paste
operation.

What is causing this behavior and how can I eliminate it?

It looks like you've bound `[' and ']' to readline functions other than
self-insert.  Look at ~/.inputrc for the key bindings.  `stty -a' might
also provide clues.

Chet

Here is what is contained in my .inputrc file:
"[5D": backward-word
"[5C": forward-word

"[1~": beginning-of-line
"[4~": end-of-line

"[3~": delete-char

"[B": history-search-forward
"[A": history-search-backward
"[5~": history-search-backward
"[6~": history-search-forward

Here is the output from executing stty -a:
speed 9600 baud; 50 rows; 160 columns;
lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl
   -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo
   -extproc
iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel -ignbrk
   brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk
oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs -onocr -onlret
cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow
   -dtrflow -mdmbuf
cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
   eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V;
   min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = ^T;
   stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W;

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