From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 14 20:45:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07194 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:45:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hermes.iaccess.com.au (hermes.iaccess.com.au [203.5.74.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07182 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:45:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@iaccess.com.au) Received: from alpine.iaccess (alpine.iaccess.com.au [203.5.74.227]) by hermes.iaccess.com.au (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id NAA13048; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:43:07 GMT Message-ID: <005b01bdafa3$02b3a6a0$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess> Reply-To: "Andrew Specht" From: "Andrew Specht" To: "Greg Lehey" , , Subject: Re: Doskey? Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 13:45:29 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doskey does the same thing as the .bash_history file if i remember correctly. It allows you to scan through your previous commands. ------------------------------------------------------------------- "People who say money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop" Andrew Specht System Administrator / Internet Access Australia andrew@iaccess.com.au http://www.iaccess.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Greg Lehey To: elmore@sohopros.com ; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 11:41 PM Subject: Re: Doskey? >On Tuesday, 14 July 1998 at 21:47:14 -0500, elmore@sohopros.com wrote: >> Is there a way for FreeBSD to have a function like Doskey? >> If so can someone tell me where to find out how to >> configure my 2.2.5 machine to be able to have such >> functionality? > >Well, it would be nice if you could tell us what Doskey does. Is this >a Microsoft command line editor? > >> My Redhat machine has this sort of function and it sure is nice for >> people who don't type well. > >If it's what I think it is, you just need to install bash from the >ports or packages collection. This is the standard shell under Linux. > >Greg >-- >See complete headers for address and phone numbers >finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message