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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:48:57 -0500
From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To: Geir Eivind Mork <gemork@online.no>
Cc: "chat@freebsd.org" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>,
        Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>
Subject: Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD?  :-)
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On Jun 06, 1997 at 08:49:02PM +0100, Geir Eivind Mork wrote:
> But I was using 4os/2 as my primary shell in Os/2, how can I emulate it's
> features (except alias) in BSD (I use the standar shell in BSD).. Like the
>  TAB feature,  the doskey-alike feature (browse previous commands) etc. 
> 
> And btw; Can I use some sort of macro in the prompt ? Like I did in 
> dos/4os? Like the famous $p$g? I haven't figured out something like that
> from the man(uals)

Try one of the alternate shells.  I personally prefer tcsh.
--
Jonathan