Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:28:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> Cc: Chris Browning <brownicm@netunlimited.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Doskey Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980715222344.432D-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> In-Reply-To: <19980715204302.A17838@cityip.co.za>
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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Johann Visagie wrote:
=> Most shells have very complex history manipulation features. If you use
=> bash, try "help history", or search the man page for "HISTORY". AFAIK, bash
=> inherits most of its history features from csh, so most csh-like shells and
=> derivatives will have similar mechanisms. Personally, I find csh-like
=> history constructs like !!, !$, and ^..^.. much more convenient than any
=> history window. But that's just me. :-)
=>
=> -- V
I am surprised that noone has mentioned uncommenting this in ~/.profile
in 2.2.5 and earlier and ~/.shrc in 2.2.6.
# Uncomment next line to enable the builtin emacs(1) command line editor
# in sh(1), e.g. C-a -> beginning-of-line.
set -o emacs
and it enables the same feature as `Doskey' as well as others.
Regards,
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