Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Recalling Commands in Unix? Message-ID: <:TXR41ficc@ficc.uu.net> Date: 2 Jan 90 00:43:08 GMT References: <5141@blake.acs.washington.edu> <~$D!%=@rpi.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 > > Is there any command in Unix comparable to ^B in VMS that will allow > > me to recall previous commands instead of typing them repeatedly? > Um, yes. "Um" because it isn't technically Unix, but merely an > application written for Unix -- namely, the shell. Several > interactive shells, most notably bash, tcsh, ksh and ecsh, provide > this functionality. Um, how about the grandaddy of all "enhanced" shells in UNIX: "csh"? It's not screen-editor-like, but more like a line editor, but it does provide the functionality needed (and IMHO does a better job than more agressively interactive tools), and it predates the bourne shell! -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com