On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 06:32:35PM -0600, Mike McClain wrote: > I seldom use the command line while on the desk top since I keep 10 > VTs open for day to day tasks so only recently noticed that when I > type a single quote "'" in bash xterm or lxterminal nothing shows. If > I open a file for editing with jed, my favorite editor, I can type a > single quote but back on the CL again no "'". > Suggestions on where to look for a solution?
Most likely something in your ~/.inputrc file, if you have one. It could also be in /etc/inputrc (global version of ~/.inputrc), or in any dot files that are read during shell startup (~/.bashrc or /etc/bash.bashrc or other files that are sourced or dotted in by one of these, including profiles if this is a login shell). In any case, this sounds very much like a readline binding issue, which points toward inputrc more than anything else.
