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From: jeenglis@alcor.usc.edu (Joe English)
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Subject: Re: dosedit style command edit in UNIX?
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Date: 11 Apr 91 11:11:57 GMT
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dick@cimcor.mn.org (Dick Schlotfeldt) writes:
>The MS-DOS public domain TSR 'dosedit' keeps a circular
>stack of recently executed commands. The user may retrieve the
>most recent command with a single keystroke (up-arrow), next
>most recent with an additional keystroke, etc. The user may also
>edit a selected command with simple cursor motion and overtype
>or character insertion.

>Is UNIX so sophisticated that no one has been able to implement
>such a simple-minded utility? 

The C shell has a similar feature, which is not exactly what
you're looking for, but it's more powerful in many ways.  Run
'man csh' and look for the 'HISTORY' section for more details.
'tcsh' has exactly what you're looking for, in addition to csh's 
added functionality.



--jeenglis@alcor.usc.edu