So when ever I use the up arrow it does not show the history of last command but does ^[[A and down ^[[B I don't know what is this called but also I have $ but running su did not have it.
Using Ubuntu Server 16.04.1
So when ever I use the up arrow it does not show the history of last command but does ^[[A and down ^[[B I don't know what is this called but also I have $ but running su did not have it.
Using Ubuntu Server 16.04.1
History is not present in all shells. You need to start a shell with history like bash
. To do so, just type the name of the shell, like
bash
or the full path of the executable, like
/bin/bash
It appears that your login shell is /bin/sh
. On Ubuntu, this is a shell intended for scripting, it doesn't have any comfortable command line edition feature such as history. To get a proper command line shell, change your login shell to bash or zsh:
chsh -s /bin/zsh
or
chsh -s /bin/bash
If that machine has restrictions which prevent you from changing your login shell, you can tell sh
to execute bash or zsh when logging in. See how can I use bash as my login shell when my sysadmin refuses to let me change it
$TERM
set to? – Julie Pelletier Sep 03 '16 at 01:56