"Peter Kovacs" <maxottovonstirlitz@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > It doesn't appear to be interested in my ~/.inputrc file: Weird. What readline version are you using, on what platform? > But looks into /etc/inputrc: Could there be something in /etc/inputrc that tells it not to look at your private file? When you say "worked earlier", what does that mean exactly --- was it with a different readline version? regards, tom lane