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bash user can't type the letter 'e'
Problem: User can't type the letter 'e' under bash, everything else seems to work OK. If he changes to csh then the terminal works normally. The problem can be reproduced using su: [root@* root]# echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz [root@* root]# su - * [@ *]$ cho abcdfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz bash: cho: command not found
Solution: Check the user's .inputrc file. In this particular case, the file contained a simple spelling error: [root@* *]# cat .inputrc et meta-flag on set input-meta on set convert-meta off set output-meta on
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