Retrieve keyboard commands like VM/CMS

[Jeff Smith]

In <1990Nov1.121612.724 at vax5.cit.cornell.edu> joc at vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

>Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar
>to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the
>previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line?

Try using the K Shell (ksh), it supports command line editing using
the vi editing commands, maybe even other editors like emacs.

Both Bourne and C-shell do not support command line editing that I know
of.

jeffs
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