Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:43:18 +1000 (EST) From: Gavin Cameron <gavin@itworks.com.au> To: Archimedes <pstanfield@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I may be new....but. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005091842300.725-100000@maybe.itworks.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000801bfb992$eba7f500$0cf71018@c272234a>
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Install bash from the ports by doing the following cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2 make install Cheers Gavin []-----------------------------------+------------------------------------[] | Gavin Cameron | ITworks Consulting | | Ph : +61 3 9642 5477 | Level 8, 488 Bourke Street | | Fax : +61 3 9642 5499 | Melbourne, Victoria | | Email : gavin@itworks.com.au | Australia, 3000 | []-----------------------------------+------------------------------------[] On Tue, 9 May 2000, Archimedes wrote: > Ok, this is really stumping me. > > In linux, by default, I think you get the basic shell or "bash", this shell allows you to simply hit the up arrow to go through a bunch of your previous command line commands. > > So I install FreeBSD, and lo and behold, I can find no such feature in the basic (bourne?) shell. Is there one? How about for other shells like csh and ssh? > > I may be lazy but it is such a useful feature I can't believe its not there somewhere. help me find it please. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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