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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: VAX Ultrix vs. IRIS re: command line recall
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 02:07:26 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- References: <1993Jan4.233656.19347@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <uflsmcs@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <uflsmcs@zuni.esd.sgi.com> olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
- >In <1993Jan4.233656.19347@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> lms@swl.msd.ray.com (LEE MARDEN {79509}) writes:
- >| I have been using VAX Ultrix for over a year now, that seems to have
- >| a particular feature that I can't seem to find in IRIX. In VAX Ultrix 4.2
- >| RISC I am able to use the arrow keys (up/down) to scroll through the
- >| csh command histor, and use VI like syntax to edit those commands.
- >| Here's my question: Can this be done on the SGI?
- >
- >I think that is 'tcsh' (ksh also has it). ksh is shipped, tcsh
- >is not in any current releases, but should be ftp'able from
- >somewhere.
-
- Ultrix hacks both csh and ksh for command recall. The recall syntax isn't
- the same as that of tcsh at all, and I think tcsh is better. tcsh is
- available for both Ultrix and IRIX (and I have it installed on all my
- machines and recommend it highly).
- --scott
-