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doc: add doc for tty writes ( readline.js / REPL )Β #20814

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The readline interface is missing the keybindings docs for possible input to tty. Attaching a list of possible bindings to be added to the doc.

KeyBindings Description
ctrl+shift+backspace delete line left
ctrl+shift+delete delete line right
ctrl+c emits SIGINT
ctrl+h delete left
ctrl+d delete right or EOF
ctrl+u delete from current to line start
ctrl+k delete from current to end of line
ctrl+a goto start of line
ctrl+e goto to end of line
ctrl+b back one character
ctrl+f forward one character
ctrl+l clear screen
ctrl+n next history item
ctrl+p prev history item
ctrl+z (need clarification)
ctrl+w or ctrl+backspace delete backwards to a word boundary
ctrl+delete delete forward to a word boundary
ctrl+left word left
ctrl+right word right
meta+b word left
meta+f word right
meta+d or meta+delete delete word right
meta+backspace delete word left

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