Re: Some very basic setup questions
From: Alan Connor (xxxxxx_at_xxxx.xxx)
Date: 07/30/03
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:46:42 GMT
On 30 Jul 2003 08:42:20 -0700, Dan M <moshinsk@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
Those are shell features, found, for one, in bash2.
If bash2 (etc) is not on your system, then ask the sysadmin to install it.
$ echo $SHELL
$ man chsh
/etc/shells to see what is available
HTH
Alan
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