Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:28:48 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joseph Norris <sirron@ns.mcoe.k12.ca.us> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash oddities - please explain Message-ID: <20000213142848.U89378@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBKDNLDIJBMCHJKLLHAEKICBAA.sirron@mail.mcoe.k12.ca.us> References: <LOBBKDNLDIJBMCHJKLLHAEKICBAA.sirron@mail.mcoe.k12.ca.us>
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On Friday, 11 February 2000 at 16:24:23 -0800, Joseph Norris wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> Very new to freebsd. I am coming from a Redhat Linux environment (please no
> flames - notice I said that I am coming from). I have a user on the my
> Feebsd box that using bash shell. One of the things that I really like about
> bash is the ability to use the up arrow on my keyboard to go backward
> through the command history and run commands that I have already typed in.
> Bash on Freebsd does not appear to allow this or I have not configured it
> properly to do so. Additionally bash on linux allowed me to complete a file
> name by typing part of the file name and then press the tab key. Freebsd
> bash does not or again I don't know what I am doing (which is most probably
> the case).
This is standard in bash. How did you install it?
If, as somebody else suggests, you're really using sh, you can do one
of two things:
1. Add the following line to your .profile:
set -o emacs
2. Install bash from the Ports Collection, then use chsh(1) to change
your shell.
Greg
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