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Date:      Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:28:32 +0000
From:      "Piotr P. Stefaniak" <pstef@freebsd.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        daniel@morante.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root
Message-ID:  <YVzDgB6xz87tMpii@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20210922093236.azun2pqciabo3fem@aniel.nours.eu>
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On 2021-09-22 11:32:36, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 05:19:38AM -0400, Daniel Morante via freebsd-current wrote:
>> Will history/completion continue to work the same way? (for example typing
>> part of the command, pressing UP and having it complete based on history)
>
>No, this is a csh specific behaviour. (not it can probably be doable via
>.shrc, but I haven't checked)

I think that it can be recreated in sh. This works for me:
bind ^[[A ed-search-prev-history
bind ^[[B ed-search-next-history
I believe ^V<up arrow> should work as well as ^[[A or better.

That is not to claim anything about future defaults. This is just a tip.



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