I am trying to echo the following line into a .profile but it keeps getting confused by either the many quotes or special characters.
bind '"e[A": history-search-backward'
I've tried all sorts of things but can't get it nailed.
This is what I currently have:
sudo su -c 'echo "bind \'\"\\e[A\": history-search-backward\'" >> /etc/profile' -
This is what it returns:
su: user '"\e[A": does not exist
Yet if I just use:
echo bind \'\"\\e[A\": history-search-backward\'" >> /home/user/testfile
It works just fine.
I have all manner of "sudo su -c "echo blah..." in the rest of my script that work just fine.
Any ideas?