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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: UNIX equivalent to DOSEDIT ??
Message-ID: <947@westmark.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 90 02:32:32 GMT
References: <1990Sep11.230946.23611@midway.uchicago.edu>
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In article <1990Sep11.230946.23611@midway.uchicago.edu>, phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago writes:

> I am a beginner at UNIX and have the following question.
> Why is there not a simple way to recall, edit and reissue old commands
> like in DOS with dosedit or scrollrecall, or in VMS ?

You don't indicate whose UNIX you're running.  Most of them offer an
alternative to the standard /bin/sh known as ksh (also called
k-shell or Korn shell, after David Korn, its creator).  Ksh offers
command history with editing (use either vi- or emacs-style editing
commands) and several other convenience features.

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