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- From: ferguson@x102a.harris-atd.com (ferguson ct 71078)
- Subject: Re: Information on OSK
- References: <ceyGu9600YUnIiy4pk@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov5.204909.20283@newshub.sdsu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 06:09:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.204909.20283@newshub.sdsu.edu> butler@saturn.sdsu.edu (Michael Butler) writes:
- >In the latest FAQ of OSk that was published, this was said about
- >the TOP shell 'sh':
- >
- >........ It supports aliasing, command-line editing, history,
- >environment variable replacement, shell scripting, the `command`
- >operator .............
- >
- >I am trying to use it right now, and am able to get the aliasing and
- >history functions to work. I do not know how to use the command-line
- >editing though. Any hints ??
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Mike Butler
- >butler@saturn.sdsu.edu
- >
-
-
- I tinkered with the bourne shell for a while (and gave up) and the
- following is from memory. First of all, the command line editing did
- not work completely unless 'sh' was the login shell. When executed as
- a subshell to a 'shell' parent, only a few of the command line editing
- commands worked. Command history did not work at all unless 'sh' was
- the login shell.
-
- The command line editing key bindings are borrowed from emacs. ^A
- moves the cursor to the beginning of the line being edited. ^E to the
- end of the line. ^D deletes the character under the cursor. <RUBOUT>
- deletes the character preceding the cursor. There may be others, but
- these are the most commonly used.
-
- Chuck Ferguson Harris Government Information Systems Division
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