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MSDOS command line question.

  • 19-11-2002 7:57pm
    #1
    Pigman
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    Hi There!
    Is there anything I can do to MS-DOS to make it possible to scroll back thru all the previous command lines typed by simply pressing the 'up' arrow. I'm able to do this in UNIX so I thought it should be possible to do this in DOS. Any ideas?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    DiscoStu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭DiscoStu


    get win2k. you can do it on that version. xp also has it to. there may be third party command prompt replacments out there but ive never looked.


  • #3
    Acidflash
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    If you type 'doskey' and hit return that should do it. At least i think thats the command, i could be wrong


  • #4
    dazberry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭dazberry


    NT or later NT derived OSes do this. For 9x or DOS (if available ... wasn't in earlier M$DOS - can't remember when it appeared, where 3rd party utils for this in the early days) run DOSKEY.

    D.


  • #5
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    if you're running windows 9x, just put doskey anywhere in the autoexec.bat file, you won't have to type it in again then


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