dreamer81
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TAB doesn't show available commands
When I log into this HP UNIX machine with the root account, everything works fine, but then i switch user to my own user account it doesn't work.
When I am root, the promt looks like this
[root@testserver] /systems >
When i use my own account, the promt looks like this
$
Anyone know how to fix this? so i can TAB my way through commands on my own account??
When I am root, the promt looks like this
[root@testserver] /systems >
When i use my own account, the promt looks like this
$
Anyone know how to fix this? so i can TAB my way through commands on my own account??
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only bash completes commands and filenames
use chsh to chenge your shell
/etc/shells hints you with valid shells.
use chsh to chenge your shell
/etc/shells hints you with valid shells.
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Ops... I made a mistake above: when I say "press -> "Ctrl + k" -> Backward - "Ctrl + j" -> Forward", change the "Ctrl" to "ESC".
How I could do that? hahah
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How I could do that? hahah
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root_start, did you miss to tell us that your "set -o vi" is for ksh?
> only bash completes commands and filenames
wrong
tcsh can do it also
csh completes directories and filenames too, but not commands
> only bash completes commands and filenames
wrong
tcsh can do it also
csh completes directories and filenames too, but not commands
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I will leave the following recommendation for this question in the Cleanup topic area:
split between yuzh http:#16368394 and root_start http:#16651153
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I will leave the following recommendation for this question in the Cleanup topic area:
split between yuzh http:#16368394 and root_start http:#16651153
Any objections should be posted here in the next 4 days. After that time, the question will be closed.
gheist
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If you want to make changes to the /etc/passwd file, you should know the path of the bash shell command. You can do a 'which bash' or 'whereis bash' to get the path of bash. It will mostly be /usr/bin/bash or /usr/local/bin/bash.
To change the prompt, refer http://networking.ringofsaturn.com/Unix/Bash-prompts.php
For e.g. The "[root@testserver] /systems >" prompt can be created by doing the following
PS1="[\u@\h] \w>"