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control+u for line-kill is probably a recent thing, a random PDF of "The Unix Programming Environment" (Kernighan & Pike, 1984, p.6) has @ as the line-kill char
by tolciho 6mo ago
control+u for line-kill is probably a recent thing, a random PDF of "The Unix Programming Environment" (Kernighan & Pike, 1984, p.6) has @ as the line-kill character (and # is erase which these days may or may not be control+? (linux often does something wrong with the delete key, unlike the *BSD)).
- kps 6mo agoTOPS-20 used ^U. (That's where BSD got it, along with ^W, whence it percolated into other *nix.)
- WalterBright 6mo agoI was right. It was the ^U! Thank you.