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Every time I type it the terminal flashes but doesn't insert it. If I paste in a command that has a [ it will paste everything except the ['s

This has been happening before I updated to 10.11, but has become a massive issue, I can't use jq at all because of it.

I also have the same issue with iTerm2.

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So I have found the cause in my .inputrc

[[ $- = *i* ]] && bind TAB:menu-complete

I don't know why it's the cause of the problem but it was resolved by removing this, and to be honest I am not even sure what the reason for this being there was

if anyone knows the reason this causes it please feel free to answer and I will accept that answer over this

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  • It's because .inputrc is not a bash script, so conditionals like [[ $- = *i* ]] && don't work. Instead, it just looks for things like keysequence:function/macro. In this case (as I understand it), it's going to treat "[[ $- = *i* ]] && bind TAB" as the key sequence to define, so whenever you type "[" it thinks you're trying to start this sequence. Then, when you type something other than the rest of the sequence, it gets confused.
    – Gordon Davisson
    Commented Feb 9, 2020 at 21:52

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