Susil Kumar

 Profile Answers by Susil Kumar 

• Jan 4th, 2008

 

Assign the path to a variable except the environment variables. The variable will hold the value throughout the session. The scope is only to the shell it has been assigned at.

Steps:
              To set

                 $ <variable>=<path_to_be_specified>
              
              To recall it...

                 $ echo $<variable>

               Ex:  $ pathvar=`pwd`
                       $ echo $pathvar

vishpri

 Profile Answers by vishpri Questions by vishpri

• Mar 9th, 2008

 

we have an additional command in AIX to obtaine previously used path or command at the command line without assigning that path to a variable

run set -o vi  command at command prompt.

this will open a new shell with vi editor enabled.

then press esc button to ensure that u r in command mode.
then press k key on the keyboard and so on .
these will recall ur previous commands.


Also we can use history command at command line to view all previously used commands or paths or open sh_history file in ur home directory.