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That worked. Sometimes the answer is SO OBVIOUS you can't see it. Thank you very much. Summary for anyone else who has this problem: ( ) - this is a "command grouping", in which all commands executed within the parenthesis are executed in a subshell. If you hit and exit stmt in...

I have inherited this wierd code, in which I execute a child script. I'm trying to pass back the return code, as follows: #/bin/ksh bunch of initialization stuff integer saverc (date ... child_script.sh saverc=$? echo "saverc is $saverc" #produces saverc is 3 if [ $saverc -ne 0 ]...

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1) I used to be able to use Esc-K (Escape and k key) to retrieve the last command from .sh_history (it would take you to the command in vi mode so you could use vi commands to edit it also). Does anyone remember how to do this? 2) How do you change the prompt before the $ to JUST the...

That is it!! Thanks.

I used to know this, is is something like stty   or something... Can someone help me? I'm on a Sun box, and I'd like the backspace key to work like it is supposed to (not a ^H). thanks!