On HPUX the ied utility enables command history. Everything you type will be logged to the HISTORY file unless you specify one.
-- Denny Koovakattu Quoting Carel-Jan Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 14:09 16-12-03 -0800, you wrote: > >I know there's a lot of folks who grumble about the spartan-ness of > >SQL*Plus, but the only real feature I wish it had was GNU readline > >capability for command history and editing. I've looked at some wrappers > >(yasql, gasql), as well as replacements (henplus, which is quite nice, > >actually), but today I found something that seems to do exactly what I > >really want--SQL*Plus behavior, augmented with readline support (So I can > >still do stuff like output formatting, spooling, etc., etc.,). Yes, I > >actually dig SQL*Plus, just wish it had readline. > > > >So today I found a little utility called uniread: > > > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/uniread/ > > > >It's a Perl program that > > > >"adds full readline support (command editing, history, etc.) to any > >existing interactive command-line program. Common examples are Oracle's > >sqlplus or jython. uniread will work on any POSIX platform with Perl." > > > >I tried it out with SQL*plus, and so far seems to work beautifully. Just > >thought I'd share. > > > >-- Dan > >======================================================================== > > Daniel Hanks - Systems/Database Administrator > > About Inc., Web Services Division > >======================================================================== > > Don't know this particular one, but ran into a shell on HP-UX with similar > capabilities. I was a developer those days, and the feature I liked most > was its capability to unveil sys/system passwords. Just get this shell > running and ask the DBA to do something from your terminal. After that, the > > non-echoed password will be perfectly visible in command-line history > (after the DBA left the scene, of course). They never found out how we were > > able to discover their passwords. I think it's now safe to spread the > knowledge around. > > Does this tool have the same 'functionality'? So, be carefull, or take > advantage of it ;-). > > > Regards, Carel-Jan > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) > === > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Carel-Jan Engel > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Denny Koovakattu INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).