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I have heard that the readline module is reading ~/.inputrc and that is how it changes the behaviour of keystrokes under programs such as bash.

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How can I reload this after editing to see the changed behaviour without restarting my terminal program?

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Background (not wrong). – Dennis Williamson Feb 3 '11 at 16:03
Is there a way to call Readline to reload the history? Like xmonad ----recompile && xmonad --restart for reloading XMonad? – shurane Apr 19 at 0:56
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By default, C-x C-r is bound to re-read-init-file.

See the Bash Reference Manual for explanation.

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This doesn't work for me. I tried a different mapping in the .inputrc file and also no luck: "\eX\eR": re-read-init-file Any suggestions? – Captain Lepton Feb 8 '11 at 12:36
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@Captain Actually, it does, except it does not clear keystrokes that were deleted in the meantime. If you e.g. add some, they are loaded. Your only solution for these is a new bash -l (shell that behaves like a login shell) that is freshly initialized. – Daniel Beck Apr 25 '11 at 10:45
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In .inputrc first choose your binding and after bind the re-read-init-file function:

set editing-mode vi
"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file

Press CTRL and x, release both, press CTRL and r.

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