$KEYBOARD_HACK  –  Character to remove from end of command line

$KEYBOARD_HACK defines a character which is removed from the command line of interactive shells before the command is executed. This is meant to help with keyboards which have a small RETURN key. Variable $KEYBOARD_HACK is a more general solution to replace the shell option SUNKEYBOARDHACK.

Links

• The Z Shell manual
• The Z Shell manual on option https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Intro/intro_16.html#IDX227

Examples

Trim hello worlds to hello world with the help of $KEYBOARD_HACK

1 2	KEYBOARD_HACK=s echo hello worlds # 's' is removed because of KEYBOARD_HACK

Output:

1	hello world