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csh history browsing with up/down arrow key

 
jitou
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тАО07-24-2006 02:32 PM

тАО07-24-2006 02:32 PM

csh history browsing with up/down arrow key

is there any way to do that?
my up arrow only displays '[A' instead of history.
thanks.
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Peter Nikitka
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тАО07-24-2006 06:59 PM

тАО07-24-2006 06:59 PM

Re: csh history browsing with up/down arrow key

Hi,

standard csh is not able to do that - use tcsh instead:

http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Shells/tcsh-6.14.05/

Though you can select between emacs- and vi-style syntax for the commandline editing mode - the arrow keys for navigation work in both modes.

mfG Peter
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Steven E. Protter
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тАО07-24-2006 07:43 PM

тАО07-24-2006 07:43 PM

Re: csh history browsing with up/down arrow key

Shalom,

The arrow key is a Linux feature. It has been made to work on HP-UX at the cost of other features that systems admins expect. Its better to use ksh in this case or posix and the escape k method for seeing old commands.

Also: NEVER change the root shell in /etc/passwd

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