From owner-freebsd-net Sun Jan 23 21:32:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.SI (Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.Si [194.249.213.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9EDF157A3 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brodnik@Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.SI) Received: (from brodnik@localhost) by Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.SI (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA94403; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:45:27 GMT (envelope-from brodnik) From: Andrej Brodnik (Andy) Message-Id: <200001240645.GAA94403@Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.SI> Subject: Re: unix doskey type program In-Reply-To: <388B3FE9.B5125D18@origen.com> from Richard Martin at "Jan 23, 2000 11:52:41 am" To: dmartin@origen.com (Richard Martin) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:45:27 +0100 (CET) Cc: rosteen@elpn.com (ROsteen), freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: IBC, Iskra Systems Reply-To: Andrej.Brodnik@IBC.IskraSistemi.SI (Andrej Brodnik (Andy)) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:52:41 -0600 > From: Richard Martin > Subject: Re: unix doskey type program > > If you use the bash shell, it has both filename completion (type a few letters > of the filename and hit the tab to complete the rest) as well as a > .bash_history file where you can recall/scroll thru the last 50 or so commands > you have completed. bash name completion also works on commands: typing > umo[tab] puts umount on the command line. > > Find our where bash is (probably in /usr/local/bin/bash) and use chsh to > change your shell. Use a .bash_profile and .bashrc in your home directory to > set aliases and customize your prompt. I find it hand to have the last bit of > the directory name in the prompt line. Holler if you need a screed for these. The same goes for the tcsh. The tcsh shell is /usr/local/bin/tcsh (you have to install it first through ports, of course). LPA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message