UNIX equivalent to DOSEDIT ??

[Dave Levenson]

In article <1990Sep11.230946.23611 at midway.uchicago.edu>, phd_jacquier at gsbacd.uchicago writes:

> I am a beginner at UNIX and have the following question.
> Why is there not a simple way to recall, edit and reissue old commands
> like in DOS with dosedit or scrollrecall, or in VMS ?

You don't indicate whose UNIX you're running.  Most of them offer an
alternative to the standard /bin/sh known as ksh (also called
k-shell or Korn shell, after David Korn, its creator).  Ksh offers
command history with editing (use either vi- or emacs-style editing
commands) and several other convenience features.

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