(As my darling 16 YO daughter would say): O M G

Thanks so much; that seems to get me most of the way there. If yer weren't so Anonymous, I'd give ya a big ol hug. :-)

Not to be greedy (always spoken before one gets greedy): I note that this only returns a "history" of the last command entered, at least on the two systems where I tried it. Is there a way to get it to save/scroll a full history list? (As I diligently go back and read the Bash Reference Manual...)

Most appreciative,

-Ken

"This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: Fearless and inventive." --J.T. Hutt

In reply to Re^2: Shell style line-editing without benefit of CPAN modules by SirBones
in thread Shell style line-editing without benefit of CPAN modules by SirBones

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