Why JBoss CLI throws ERROR parsing ? keys to aesh. Check your inputrc ?

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Issue

  • When having .inputrc file in home directory with the following content:
# Control characters
"\C-?":   backward-delete-char
  • Getting the following ERROR Stacktrace in starting jboss-cli.sh:
[user@user bin]$ ./jboss-cli.sh -c
java.lang.RuntimeException: ERROR parsing ? keys to aesh. Check your inputrc.
    at org.jboss.aesh.edit.mapper.KeyMapper.convertRandomControlKeys(KeyMapper.java:161)
    at org.jboss.aesh.edit.mapper.KeyMapper.mapRandomKeys(KeyMapper.java:138)
    at org.jboss.aesh.edit.mapper.KeyMapper.mapKeys(KeyMapper.java:108)
    at org.jboss.aesh.edit.mapper.KeyMapper.mapQuoteKeys(KeyMapper.java:49)
    at org.jboss.aesh.console.Config.parseInputrc(Config.java:127)
    at org.jboss.aesh.console.Console.reset(Console.java:150)
    at org.jboss.aesh.console.Console.<init>(Console.java:105)
    at org.jboss.aesh.console.Console.<init>(Console.java:101)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.Console$Factory.getConsole(Console.java:85)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.Console$Factory.getConsole(Console.java:78)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.initBasicConsole(CommandContextImpl.java:354)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.<init>(CommandContextImpl.java:294)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextFactoryImpl.newCommandContext(CommandContextFactoryImpl.java:76)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.initCommandContext(CliLauncher.java:279)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CliLauncher.main(CliLauncher.java:262)
    at org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineMain.main(CommandLineMain.java:34)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.jboss.modules.Module.run(Module.java:312)
    at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:460)

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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