On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:20:13AM +0100, dulev wrote: > > I follow your instruction, but it doesn't work! > > > > > > I often use UP key to get commands entered previously. The shell show > > > > some commands again and again, just because I have used them several > > > > times. Can the shell be more smart? > > > > > > Put in ~/.bashrc > > > > > > export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups > > Sory. > After that do logout and login again.
... or 'source' the file, e.g., $ . ~/.bashrc or $ source ~/.bashrc Another thing to check out with bash is ^R; hit ^R, then start typing and bash will show previous commands matching what you type... or something. Greatest thing since $ perl -e '@b=split //,"bread"; print @b[0,1,2,3,4,5], "\n"' Ken -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]