[olug] best practices for modifying root's profile in Suse

[Jay Swackhamer]

to be able to actively use your command history, use vi to edit/search the
command line

#in bash or ksh
set -o vi

#in sh
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

esc = enter command history
use vi keys to navigate - hjkl
search using '/TERM' i.e. esc ->  /vgextend


> dthacker9 at cox.net wrote:
>
>>I'm want to build a standard root prompt with some extra info built into
>> it. The file /etc/profile cautions against modifying it, and suggests
>> that I use /etc/profile.local  I created the /etc/profile.local and added
>> the PS1 string, but didn't seem to get a read on login.   For now I've
>> added a .profile to /root.  Is that the way you usually do this?
>>
>>
>
> If there's a change I think is wonderful enough that every user ought to
> have it (aliasing ls to ls -F), then I'll change the core files like
> /etc/profile, but if it's specific to one user then use the
> user-specific files in their own home directory.  If I personally think
> something is a good change but know that some people will disagree with
> my opinion (shell prompts), I'll put it in the files in /etc/skel so
> that new users can more easily find it and comment it out or change it
> to something else.
>
> I typically use a two-line prompt, with time and $PWD in the first line,
> user at host and history number in the second.  I use bash whenever it's
> available, where the history number is useful.  Anyone know how to get
> the current time into a ksh prompt?  Closest I've been able to get is my
> login time.  Also, once upon a time I had a couple lines in my .kshrc to
> allow me to use up and down arrows to scroll my command history, but I
> can't remember or find them anymore.  Anyone have a pointer on that?
>  Going back to ksh after using bash feels like someone cut off a couple
> fingers.
>
> Tim
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