retrieving prior command with awk

[desanti]

Hi: finally got awk to work with xp machine.minor glitches
but workable. biggest pain is not being able to retrieve prior command(s).
with win98se i could use the up/down arrows
and get the prior commands.
with xp i can not do this.tried combinations
but to avail.
even tried f8 key(as in dos) but no go.
thanx to all.

 

[ZaSter]

Use the "->" the right arrow key.

 

[desanti]

thanx for the input but that does not seem to work.in win98se i used the up arrow(hex AE(?)) and it worked fine.
with winxp you get "^[[C" for the right arrow and "^[[A"
for the up arrow. perhaps some parameter or needs to be set.?

 

[futurelet]

[tt]doskey /LISTSIZE=25 /insert[/tt]

 

[Annihilannic]

F8? It's F3 in DOS.

Annihilannic.