Recalling Commands in Unix?

[Robert Claeson]

In article <8769.2597362d at ecs.umass.edu>, satam at ecs.umass.edu (Kirtikumar Satam) writes:
> In article <5141 at blake.acs.washington.edu>, 
> gnat at blake.acs.washington.edu (Laura Frazier) writes:

> > Is there any command in Unix comparable to  ^B in VMS that will allow me
> > to recall previous commands instead of typing them repeatedly?

> On ULTRIX, a new "csh" is provided. It allows browsing thru' commands
> like VMS using up-down arrow keys. Once the command is recalled, it
> can be edited using "vi" like commands i.e. 'x' for delete, 'i' for
> insert etc.

The Korn shell (usually /bin/ksh on those systems that have it) has command-
line editing using vi, Unipress emacs or Gnu emacs commands. No support for
arrow keys, though.

BBC (Boston Business Computing) has a DCL clone shell (VCL) that includes
most of the common VMS commands, including the HELP system. It supports
full DCL-like command-line editing. There's an EDT clone as well.

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