Recalling Commands in Unix?

[Peter da Silva]

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

> Um, yes.  "Um" because it isn't technically Unix, but merely an
> application written for Unix -- namely, the shell.  Several
> interactive shells, most notably bash, tcsh, ksh and ecsh, provide
> this functionality.

Um, how about the grandaddy of all "enhanced" shells in UNIX: "csh"? It's
not screen-editor-like, but more like a line editor, but it does provide
the functionality needed (and IMHO does a better job than more agressively
interactive tools), and it predates the bourne shell!
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