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how to use the arrow keys in shell scripting. is there any special synatax / command for this.

i just want to use the arrow keys for navigation.

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It'd help to know what o/s you're running.

Are you talking about scripting on the command line? In the vi editor?
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Use of arrow keys has no place in shell scripting. Your
script will be inherently unportable and will probably
fail if you use a different terminal definition.
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thanks for your reply

1) yes in vi editor.
2) we use solaris 5.8 and sco 5.0.5
3) then how does the utilities like scoadmin and other admin utilities work.


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