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  From: Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:22:28 +0930

Re: The history thing

"Andrew Galdes" <AGaldes@elders.com.au> wrote:

> when i press the up arrow, the history of past commands is listed (one by
> one). which program is doing this, and where do i get it?

In addition to the other fine replies you've received, note that
bash implements history using the readline() function, which a
few other interpreters use as well.

man 3 readline for the gory details.

Regards,
  Daryl Tester

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