You can set vi editing mode in bash, something like set -o vi But I'd have to look it up to be sure. But if you are used to ksh, why switch? Just make sure the pdksh package is installed, and change your shell via the chsh utility. You might have to make sure ksh is listed in /etc/shells, if the package installer doesn't do it for you, for chsh to allow that shell. I used to be a ksh user, till I discovered zsh, which is a great superset of ksh and all the other shells; you might want to take a look at that, too. LCR On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, A. R. Vener wrote: > I am a ksh user. > > In ksh I can press the escape key and select > a previous command line to edit and execute using the +, - and v keys. > > I now have to access a system that only has bash and > this procedure doesn't work in bash. Can someone familiar > with the bash version of command line editing help me out here? > > My FCEDIT environmental variable is defined as vi if > that makes any odds. -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list