Re: DOSKey equivalent

[Lawrence <ychim@ForeverMail.com>]

Will Lowe wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Lawrence Lucier wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering if there is a proggie analogous to MSDOS's DOSKey (which
> > saves typed in
> > keystrokes and then allows the user to recall them by using the arrow
> > keys)?
> 
> Well,  if you're using the bash shell,  it does that automagically.  You
> can even edit the commands you recall with unix (emacs/vi) editor keys.
> 
> The rescue disks use ash instead of bash;  I don't know if it can do the
> same thing.  Once you get the system installed,  tho,  you're default
> shell will be bash.

you can also do it in tcsh shell.
  set     history=256 savehist=128

Lawrence


--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .