Some very basic setup questions

From: Dan M (moshinsk_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/30/03

  • Next message: Tim Haynes: "Re: Some very basic setup questions" 
    Date: 30 Jul 2003 08:42:20 -0700

    Hi all,
    I'm a relative novice to UNIX.
    At my previous job, my UNIX console environment (Sun/Solaris thru
    Exceed) had these 3 very helpful features:

    1) Being able to use TAB key to complete filenames
    (e.g. Typing in 'ext'+TAB will complete name to 'extractData')

    2) Using arrow keys to access commands in history

    3) Returning "Done"/Exit(#) when a background job finishes. At my
    current place, the exit status only comes back when I press Enter
    again... so I need to keep checking manually....

    If there's any way for me to alter the setup (or suggest how to our
    admin) to be able to use these again, it'd be very very helpful!!

    Thanks for your help!
    -Daniel.

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