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Date:      Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:06:04 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Richard Belanger <a030058t@bc.seflin.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Command line history (was: http://www.hu.freebsd.org/mailto.html)
Message-ID:  <19981030110604.H5846@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810292322.SAA24128@bc.seflin.org>; from Richard Belanger on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 06:22:08PM -0500
References:  <199810292322.SAA24128@bc.seflin.org>

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On Thursday, 29 October 1998 at 18:22:08 -0500, Richard Belanger wrote:
> Does FreeBSD have a command-line history mechanism that can enable a user
> to reuse previously entered long and complex command-line commands?

No.  FreeBSD is an operating system, and doesn't have command lines.
The shell is the command line interface to FreeBSD.  Some shells, such
as bash and tcsh, have extensive command line history and editing
facilities.

Greg
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