Oct 13 2009
Command History with Arrow Keys in Ksh
Arrows aren’t used in ksh as a default. To enable command history like in Bash, add the following lines in the .profile or .kshrc file:
# Switch to Emacs mode
# Only Emacs mode lets you make use of arrow keys
set -o emacs
# Go back in command history (up arrow)
alias __A=’^P’
# Go back in command history (down [...]