Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root

In reply to: Baptiste Daroussin : "Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root"
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From: Piotr P. Stefaniak <pstef_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:28:32 UTC

On 2021-09-22 11:32:36, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 05:19:38AM -0400, Daniel Morante via freebsd-current wrote:
>> Will history/completion continue to work the same way? (for example typing
>> part of the command, pressing UP and having it complete based on history)
>
>No, this is a csh specific behaviour. (not it can probably be doable via
>.shrc, but I haven't checked)

I think that it can be recreated in sh. This works for me:
bind ^[[A ed-search-prev-history
bind ^[[B ed-search-next-history
I believe ^V<up arrow> should work as well as ^[[A or better.

That is not to claim anything about future defaults. This is just a tip.