How to scroll back and forwrd in HP-UX?
1.How to auto complete commands in HP-UNIX, which key should be used as in Linux "tab" key is being used.
2. How to scroll back and forward in HP-UX ; in Linux we use up and down arrow.
After installing HP-Unix you will notice that the command history is not working. That is pressing Esc+k returns nothings. If you execute the history command you will see error message like this:
sh: fc: Cannot access or open the history file.
You have to manually enable this feature. To do this add the following two line on your ~/.profile file and create the .sh_history file using touch command. Then log in again. You will see it is working.
HISTFILE=$HOME/.sh_history
export HISTFILE
After having set correctly your .profile (or .kshrc...), filename completion is done by using the Esc key twice, the back an forth in command history uses Esc+k or j (like in vi...)
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Within your .profile make sure that you have the $HISTFILE environment variable set and exported (see above) and one or both of these two possible lines:
VISUAL=vi ; export VISUAL
EDITOR=vi ; export EDITOR
Then you can use the keystroke sequence <esc>/k to present the last command typed for editing. Move backwards or forwards through the command history using the "-" or "+" keys respectively. If you find a command you want to edit, type "v" which will invoke "vi". Then after editing, use the usual ":wq!" to exit vi and the edited command will execute.
Tip: If you decide to not execute any command (edited or not), blank the command in vi (eg. the "dd" vi command) and then ":wq!".