You can do up arrow command recall using /bin/sh. Make sure you are using emacs rather than vi as your command entry editor and set the up-arrow key to CTRL-p, down arrow to CTRL-n. In OS/X, you need to set that in the Settings tab of Terminal | Preferences.
In article <[email protected]> you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post > > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:59 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Telnet & Unix System Services > > > > >>> On 7/22/2009 at 3:41 PM, "McKown, John" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > -snip- > > > I am not 100% sure, but I think those are differences in > > /bin/sh on z/OS > > > UNIX, which is based on the Korn Shell, and the use of BASH > > as the default > > > shell on Linux. > > > > I would tend to agree. It's one of the reasons I compiled > > and installed bash on USS many years ago. > > > > > > Mark Post > Ah! So you're running BASH on z/OS UNIX and still getting the differences? I > have Bash 2.03 on my z/OS 1.10 system. The "up arrow" key works fine on my > telnet emulator. I run Hummingbird under Windows XP. The tab also does file > completion. I got it from: > http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty1.html > I also used the telnet client that is on my Linux/Intel box. It also works, > but not quite properly. It "works" but does not display properly. I.e. I type > in "ls -l x4" and get a good display. I press "up arrow" and ^[[A displays. I > then press enter and get the response from the previous command. IOW - the > "up arrow" using this client does not redisplay the actual command line that > it fetched into the buffer. Most weird. > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > Administrative Services Group > HealthMarkets(r) -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive [email protected] (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
