Re: run_readline_command to avoid the bother of binding something

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/17/16 11:56 PM, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Furthermore, one could finally do
> $ run_readline_command dump-variables | grep bell
> prefer-visible-bell is set to `on'
> bell-style is set to `audible'
> 
> which is rather impossible, even if one does bind unbound commands.

I suppose it's a waste of time to point out that most of the readline
commands that don't actually move the cursor around or modify the
current command line are available as options to the bash `bind'
builtin.

For instance, you could have run

bind -V | grep bell

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