When I am in PuTTY, and I execute a bunch of commands, I often want to use the same command I just used. So I press the "Up" arrow. The last command now shows up, but I want to edit it a little.

I couldn't figure out how to edit it, until I realised it let me edit it using "vi" commands.

Does anyone know what setting in PuTTY I have to change to allow me to edit it normally instead of having to use "vi" commands?

Thanks

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This is not the PuTTy issue, It's caused by bash readline.

I think the result would be looks like mine if you execute the following two commands:

$ bind -v | grep keymap set keymap vi-insert $ bind -v | grep editing-mode set editing-mode vi

That means, the bash shortcut was set as vi-like (default is emacs-like). If you want to revert to original, input the following two commands:

set editing-mode emacs set keymap emacs

And re-start your PuTTy. I think everything will be fine.

However, if this is the public server, and many people are all using it. You can try find previous-history by using ctrl + p. Or find the shortcuts about previous-history by:

$ bind -p | grep previous-history "\C-p": previous-history "\eOA": previous-history "\e[A": previous-history
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