Hi List, I finally figured it out: Somebody set the bash in vi-mode. Since I am relatively new in Linux I did not know that this is an option. A simple "set -o emacs" in the profile did the job. Thanks for all the replies. Stefan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Stefan Ochaba [mailto:Stefan.Ochaba@vcs.de] Gesendet: Montag, 1. Oktober 2007 17:48 An: Simon Roberts; opensuse@opensuse.org Betreff: AW: [opensuse] bash_history I am using bash and vi. But the problem does not occur in vi, it is only in the shell. Ideas? Greetings, Stefan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Simon Roberts [mailto:thorpflyer@yahoo.com] Gesendet: Montag, 1. Oktober 2007 17:39 An: Stefan Ochaba; opensuse@opensuse.org Betreff: Re: [opensuse] bash_history Wierd! What editor is set? If you're using vi, try hitting ESC, x Of course, you probably want to change it if that's what's set, and I'm not sure how you do that (set -o emacs perhaps? I think that's what ksh would use). HTH Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." - Naguib Mahfouz ----- Original Message ---- From: Stefan Ochaba <Stefan.Ochaba@vcs.de> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Monday, October 1, 2007 9:30:47 AM Subject: [opensuse] bash_history Hello, I have a problem concerning the bash_history: When I use the arrow-keys to flip through the different entries in the bash_history the last character of the command line cannot be deleted. This is a bit disturbing, since I did not change anything and this behaviour was not there before. Any help is welcome. Thanks, Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org