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Date:      Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:04:42 +0100
From:      Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Summoner <summoner@uswest.net>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which root shell? (was: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!)
Message-ID:  <19990726100442.A54684@palmerharvey.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19990726084001.I51019@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:40:02AM %2B0930
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907231248470.12396-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> <v0421010eb3be5f14df8c@[216.112.76.84]> <37991278.5324A70B@uswest.net> <v04210125b3bec432b792@[216.112.76.84]> <379914D5.6DB65A6C@uswest.net> <3799EA01.4A1E60C@newsguy.com> <379AD017.F651CC0E@uswest.net> <379AD150.E2110AEA@newsguy.com> <379AF958.41E15B97@uswest.net> <19990726084001.I51019@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:40:02AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> With the exception of single user mode, you don't need to do this.
> You can use sh in single-user mode and bash the rest of the time.  A
> well-kept secret is that /bin/sh has Emacs-style command line editing,
> but you need to enable it with 'set -o emacs'.  It seems to have vi
> style editing too.

# set -E

For the truly lazy...
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

	In Mountain View did Larry Wall
	    Sedately launch a quiet plea:
	That DOS, the ancient system, shall
	    On boxes pleasureless to all
	Run Perl though lack they C.
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