Bash under AIX 5.3

UNIX AIX
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Hi,

I am newer in the AiX 5.3 world.I have experience in the linux OS.I want to use bash interpreter under AIX?Is it possible?If yes, How?
For Information, I want to use history command under AIX,etc, things doesn't exit under AIX.

Many Thanks in advance.

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You can download Bash for AIX here:

However, you are wrong in saying that history doesn't exist in AIX.

In the Korn shell (ksh) just type:
set -o vi
and you have access to the history through vi keystrokes.

There is also a way to do it like in Bash but I don't remember it so you will have to search this board for the answer, it is here.

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i think with bash... it's just the up and down arrow keys to scroll through past commands.

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If you bind the arrow keys to "ESC-k" and "ESC-j", etc. you can use the arrow keys in vi mode too. vi is just not relying on keyboards having arrow keys to do navigation.

bakunin

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I downloaded & installed the bash on AIX 5.3, it seems that it works well.:slight_smile:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/bash/bash-3.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm