Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:49:58 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Marty Landman <martster@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shell retrieve history (up arrow) not working Message-ID: <20060712004958.GB4234@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <44zmfgwam5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <70063950607110604m46ad84fcscbd2027d962ed1a9@mail.gmail.com> <44zmfgwam5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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in message <44zmfgwam5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>, wrote Lowell Gilbert thusly... > > "Marty Landman" <martster@gmail.com> writes: > > > I have a 4.8 installation ... The root account up-arrow > > history retrieve feature works fine, while on my user account it > > doesn't, displaying instead > > > > $ ^[[A^[[C^[[B^[[D > > > > when I press the arrow keys in order (up, right, down, left) > > They are using different shells. Root uses csh by default, your > user account is using sh. Try "set -o emacs" for sh. Just a note, arrow keys for history retrieval also works with 'vi' option (set -o vi). - Parv --
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