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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: History
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410163223.1254A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980410171412.009006c0@207.213.224.25>

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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I'm having problems using the history.  I know it's supposed to be stored
> in .history (using sh), and used by pushing the up & down keys.  Well, it
> doesn't work!  First, it isn't getting stored, and second, when I push up,
> it prints '^[[A' on the console.
> 
> Thanks for any help in advance!
> Dima

You must be using a shell which supports the history mechanism. 'bash'
is one such shell. 'tcsh' is another.

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