Command history in mksh shell?

[bedtime]

When I speak of 'command history', I speak of being able to press the <up> or <down> keys to retrieve the last command entered into the terminal—even after the session has been ended. Currently, I have no way to retrieve the past commands via <up> and <down> arrow keys, which is quite costly for me. I've endured this for a few months, and now it's time to fix it if possible.

I've checked the man pages. I've scoured the net with several different search terms. There is info on ksh and other shells, but I've yet to find any info on mksh specifically.

I should add that the history works fine while in a session, but once I exit and reenter the mksh shell, they are gone; the arrow keys bring up nil. I want such to persist if possible.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Code: Select all

set -o emacs

^ Add that to ~/.mkshrc (or copy the supplied example mkshrc over to $HOME).

Set $HISTFILE to maintain a persistent history.

[bedtime]

Code: Select all

set -o emacs

^ Add that to ~/.mkshrc (or copy the supplied example mkshrc over to $HOME).

Set $HISTFILE to maintain a persistent history.

Thanks. Working great now!