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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: keyboard history editing
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Date: 1 Apr 91 16:34:27 GMT
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In article <9104011503.AA01057@?lri.uwo.ca> steckner@lri.uwo.ca (Michael Steckner) writes:
}Is there some sort of shell that has been developed that will allow
}me to use a cursor pad to scroll through my previous commands and
}allow me to edit them in a convienient fashion as opposed to the
}!n, ^^ editing options often used? Such cursor based techniques are
}available on VAX/VMS and some public domain IBM PC software, for those
}who may be unaware of what I am talking about.

Try bash
It is available via anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edi in the file
/pub/gnu/bash-1.05.tar 
I believe there may also be a patch file there.
			Bruce
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