If you're referring to /bin/sh, just type `set -E'.

Andreas Drewke(andreas_dr@gmx.de) said 2004.08.20 15:56:29 +0000:
> Hmm I am using now NetBSD/i386 and NetBSD/macppc for 2 years and I never 
> noticed that I am missing something- but now somehow I found out that its a 
> littly annoying that the cursor arrows (up/down) are not usable in any 
> console on both of these platforms...
> 
> I mean something useful like command history which you can browse normally 
> with the arrow keys...
> 
> Is there a way to enable it- it should be done by default too I guess, because 
> this is something that users just await... Or am I wrong?
> 
> Regards
> Andreas
> 
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