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Old 04-15-2008
Question Command for maintaining the list of commands used
Hi,

There is a command by which you can maintain a list of commands previously typed.
By this you dont have to type in the same command again and can use the up-down arrows to scroll through the list. Which is this command, i am not able to recall.
# 2  
Old 04-15-2008
seems like you are referring to history
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Old 04-15-2008
This depends highly on which shell you use - bash, sh or ksh?
If you don't know try
Code:
echo $SHELL

and report the resul to us.
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Old 04-15-2008
the shell is ksh
# 5  
Old 04-15-2008
Did you try history?
# 6  
Old 04-16-2008
could do this in the .cshrc if you wanted to use that shell.
Code:
#aliases for all shells
alias a alias
a e exit
a u unalias

Code:
#settings for interactive shells
set history = 500

Code:
# aliases for interactive shells
a h 'history | tail -25'

if you are root create this in the / as .cshrc if not create it in the home directory of your user.
this will allow you to type the letter h then press enter and see the last 25 commands that you typed.
Last edited by deaconf19; 04-16-2008 at 04:23 AM..
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Old 04-16-2008
I think you guys didnt get my question.
I dont need to list all the commands that i last used.
What i want is that, when i use the up/down keys on the key pad,i must get the last few commands that i executed.
 
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