It's the KORN shell on a POSIX system. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Osborne [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:07 PM > To: Shahan, Ray; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: OT: POSIX > > Hmmm....if you were using the bash shell on a system that supports your > arrow > keys (like Linux), you can just use the up arrow to flip therough your > previous commands and edit them with the left & right arrows. > > -Pete > On November 21, 2001 12:54 pm, Shahan, Ray wrote: > > AAAAHHHHH! > > > > I found some reading in *man fc* because I wanted a better way to do > edits > > on the command history in POSIX (you know, being used to that > proprietary > > OS named MPE)...I ended up at *man ed*, and I just can't say enough > about > > how impressed I am. Yes folks, ed is really something. > > > > I never thought I'd see the day that a line editor was so ^%$#@ bad, > that > > it's easier to just retype the command line you wanted to edit (no > matter > > how long or complicated the command line was, and no matter how many > times > > it takes you to get it right) than to use the line editor. > > > > Still positive, and smiling real nicely. > > > > Ray S. > > > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *