Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:47:47 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: History Search in tcsh? Message-ID: <01e801c1bedc$f06b2200$f82a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <01c801c1bedc$2b7d7790$f82a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> <20020226154352.GE3595@dan.emsphone.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: Re: History Search in tcsh? > In the last episode (Feb 26), Drew Tomlinson said: > > I'm trying to learn to use my shell to it's full potential. In reading > > the man page for tcsh, I see that I can search the history for a > > command. However, I don't understand what keystrokes I need to use to > > search. From the man page: > > > > history-search-backward (M-p, M-P) > > > > So how do I enter "M-p"? What does it really want? If it matters, I am > > using SecureCRT with VT-100 emulation. > > ESC-P Thanks, that was driving me nuts! I have one other "dumb" question. How should I have known that M-p equals ESC-p? Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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