Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide

Viewing session history in the ksh shell

Using ksh, you can also view session history. In doing so, you can get a quickie reminder of what you've been doing (Code Listing 3.11), reuse commands, and modify commands you've already used.

Code Listing 3.11. Although it looks like we typed ls for both the first and second commands, we really just pressed to get the second ls command. The `r` 64 command recycles the command numbered 64 in the list.

 $ ls Complete NewProject bogus2 files public_html testme Completed News chat.conf ftp puppy Mail access dead.letter mail temp $ ls Complete NewProject bogus2 files public_html testme Completed News chat.conf ...

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Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide by Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray

Viewing session history in the ksh shell

Code Listing 3.11. Although it looks like we typed ls for both the first and second commands, we really just pressed to get the second ls command. The `r` 64 command recycles the command numbered 64 in the list.

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Viewing session history in the ksh shell

Code Listing 3.11. Although it looks like we typed ls for both the first and second commands, we really just pressed to get the second ls command. The r 64 command recycles the command numbered 64 in the list.

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It’s yours, free.

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Code Listing 3.11. Although it looks like we typed ls for both the first and second commands, we really just pressed to get the second ls command. The `r` 64 command recycles the command numbered 64 in the list.