Why does my binded key result in an extra tilde?

Question

I want to remap my F9 key to the dollar sign ($) symbol.

So I ran this command

bind '"\e[20": "$"'

Now whenever I type the F9 key, instead of getting just

I get

$~

Why is the extra tilde there and how can I get rid of it?

F9 is \e[20~ for me. That's probably where the ~ comes from. Press Ctrl-V and then F9. What do you get? — muru, Dec 15 '16 at 09:00

Thushi · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-15T09:09:22.120

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Try this:

bind '"\e[20~": "$"'

To determine character sequence for a key press,

Press Ctrl+v and press the key for which you want to get the character sequence.

Example:

For key F9, I get ^[[20~ where ^[ is Esc key and remaining sequence is for F9.

edited Dec 15 '16 at 09:09

answered Dec 15 '16 at 09:02

Thushi

Thanks! That did the trick. For me Ctrl+v does not work but I was able to get the keycode using the method described here – Guillaume Perrault-Archambault Dec 15 '16 at 23:14

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