From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 19 19:37:49 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8167EA5 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from webenton@hotmail.com) Received: from blu0-omc4-s37.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc4-s37.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.111.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847D624B1 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU178-W50 ([65.55.111.136]) by blu0-omc4-s37.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:36:43 -0700 X-TMN: [8KUwNPa8k3DN2I1XBuWYPr/TwmntOamD] X-Originating-Email: [webenton@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: william benton To: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: history Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:36:43 +0000 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Sep 2013 19:36:43.0932 (UTC) FILETIME=[9235CDC0:01CEB56F] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:37:49 -0000 when I log into free bsd I am in the sh shell. i type history at the comman= d line and the machine says history not found. If I type h at the command l= ine it works like i expect the history command to work. In the csh or tcsh = shells history works as well as h. why does entering history at the command= line work in the csh and tcsh shells but not in the sh shell. Considerin= g that all three shells seem to have the same .cshrc file? =