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Old 05-21-2013
UP arrow button to recall previous commands in Putty
Hi,

I remember in my previous project, I used UP arrow button to recall previous unix commands (using putty on Sun OS), which I am not able to do in my new project... I do not know if this is some project specific settings or not...
when I press UP arrow button, all I get is ^[. I have to press Esc + "/" + Enter and n to get all previous commands, which is cumbersome compared to using only UP arrow key !

Any idea how can I get rid of this issue. It should show me all my previous commands so that I can easily navigate through them.

I hope you understand what I am saying here...

regards,
juzz4fun
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Old 05-21-2013
Try:
Code:
exec bash

# 3  
Old 05-21-2013
Wow.. it worked !!
thanks

Does this changes my shell to bash? Or something else?
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Old 05-21-2013
Yes it replaces your current shell with bash. Probably your login shell is /bin/sh or /sbin/sh.
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