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Date:      Sat, 6 Jul 2002 23:36:11 -0400
From:      Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
To:        "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about up-arrow when non-root
Message-ID:  <20020706233611.47a7dad5.yid@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <001e01c22494$c63643c0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>
References:  <20020706022613.0766937B401@hub.freebsd.org> <001e01c22494$c63643c0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net>

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On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:28:11 -0700
"James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> wrote:

> access a command that I typed previously, I keep trying to hit the up arrow.
> Unfortunately, what I get is :  ^[[A and not the previous command. 

The advice about chsh already given is useful; however if you don't want to change from /bin/sh try typing "set -o emacs", add this to your .shrc in order for this to be the default.

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