Solaris 9

itsjustme · 11-10-2003, 02:24 PM

How do I get the command line history to work in solaris 9?

I would like to use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the history the way that linux sets it up.

Currently I just get something like ^[[A when I hit the up arrow.

The root user defaults to ksh and a regular user defaults to sh.

Thanks.

chozzie · 11-12-2003, 05:41 AM

hmm.
shells shouldn't be OS specific...
But try bash
$bash
and then see whether history works then.
Have you got a vanilla shell configuration (for ksh, sh)?

yowi · 11-26-2003, 09:49 AM

If you are using ksh then set EDITOR=vi and you'll have vi cursor control to scroll back through your history and \ will give you directory completion (similar to tab in bash)

wgrace · 12-24-2003, 03:29 PM

Key thing to watch for is shell you are using, at least up until Solaris 8 the shell defaults to Bourne, with no history capability. Switch your shell away from Bourne and follow suggestions made by the others here.

kcarun · 08-03-2007, 01:07 PM

Hi ,

Pls refer this thread, this may help you

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=573814

reg
ARUN