Use the Up arrow key to scroll through prev commands

[ad73]

Hi:

I was wondering if anyone knows if thee is a way to setup my SCO Unix (5.0.5) to work from the command line similar to DOS, in the sense that I would like to be able to use the up/down arrows to scroll through the list of previously issued commands. In DOS All I ave to do is use the up arrow, and the previous command apprears on the command line. To re-use this command I just press enter. Was wondering if the same was possible in Unix.

Thanks in advance

ad73

 

[MonocleMike]

If you use a korn shell with history enabled and vi as your editor you can do exactly that.

 

[ad73]

Thanks for the Tip MM. I was trying to do this but I do not know how to set up the shell to realize that vi is my editor of choice. or The command to enable history. (i'm a bit of a newbie - but trying as always). would you happen to know whaqt steps I should take?

Also, is this same thing available for the "sh" shell? This is the one we use by default.

Please advise... Thanks
ad73

 

[stanhubble]

no it is not available under sh.
it is available under bash and ksh.
do yourself a favor and DO NOT change the shell type for the root account.
the change is accomplished under the account manager in scoadmin, or just change the /bin/sh entry in the /etc/passwd file for the user that you wish to change.

 

[Wonboodoo]

ksh
set -o vi