[geeks] Thoughts on bash for root

[Brian Hechinger]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:06:55PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> ksh doesn't meet the arrow test.  Meaning if a shell doesn't let me use the
> arrow keys to flip through previous commands, then it is inadequate.

put it in vi or emacs mode (set -o vi or set -o emacs) and use it that way.
FAR more useful than some silly arrow keys.  command line editing using your
choice of key bindings.

-brian
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