Setting the history environment 1

[jxfish2]

Under HP-UX, the HISTSIZE and HISTFILE variables can be set in the .profile or .login... <Esc><k> will bring up the previously executed commands.

Under Linux, the <up_arrow> will bring up the previously executed commands.

How do I bring up the previously executed commands in Solaris 8? I have already tried both of the above approaches, and neither worked! I have looked at every reference book I have, and still have not found the answer for Solaris...

Any help would be much appreciated...

Joe

 

[jxfish2]

Followup...

I was finally able to get the history to work, but only by setting the default shell for root to /bin/ksh...

I tried everything I could think of to change the default prompt and history under /sbin/sh, which is the default shell for root...

Again, I changed the default shell to /bin/ksh, and I finally got everything to work...

If anyone can tell me how to do it, using &quot;sh&quot;, I would much appreciate it...

Joe

 

[olded]

Jxfish:

On every unix version I've been on, the Bourne Shell, sh, has never supported shell history. Only the newer shells such as Korn do that.

Regards,


Ed

 

[jxfish2]

Thanks Ed,

That would explain why I couldn't get it to work!

Have a great weekend.

Joe

 

[SmileWise]

Under ksh, use the following commands: &quot;set -o vi&quot; and &quot;export EDITOR=vi&quot;. This will enable you to use vi to search for and edit previously run commands. To step (backwards) through previously run commands, use <ESC>k repeatedly. To search for a previously run command, use <ESC>/pattern<CR>.

Hope this helps.