Command History in AIX

[balajipn]

Hi,

I am using AIX 4.3.3.

The editor is set to "vi" and vi bindings are working to get the command history (Esc-k works to get the previous commands). However, I would like to use up arrow and down arrow to see the previous and next commands.

Can some one point out what changes I need to make to achieve this?

Thanks,
Balaji.

 

[FrankieAIX]

Whats wrong with using ESC+K & ESC+J??

 

[balajipn]

There is nothing wrong with it. However, I am used to the Up-arrows and Down-arrows in other systems.

Thanks,
Balaji.

 

[Gloups]

you may try to use bash instead of ksh, downloadable in aix toolbox

 

[czins]

Hello,

try:

set -o emacs

in your .profile file

regards
Stefan

 

[d3vzero]

Hi Balaji,

I dont really use it myself, but you can use the following to setup a ksh session to use the arrow keys for command line history control.

set -o emacs   # Sets emacs mode.
alias __A="^P" # Sets Up    Arrow key for the previous command.
alias __B="^N" # Sets Down  Arrow key for the next command.
alias __C="^F" # Sets Right Arrow key for one character forwards.
alias __D="^B" # Sets Left  Arrow key for one character backwards.

Dont try cut and paste on the above, as the characters in the quotes are Control Characters.
(eg. ^P = CTRL+P which is one character)

Note that you use a double Escape key sequence for command completion.

Enjoy.



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[seacros]

isnt this the same thing as using set -o vi