Bug 2826 - command history and filename completion don't work after upgrade to 6.0
Summary: command history and filename completion don't work after upgrade to 6.0
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: bash
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-05-14 19:04 UTC by ronis
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-05-14 21:19:16 UTC
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Description ronis 1999-05-14 19:04:35 UTC 
After Installation of RH 6 .....

Lost all command history   ....

Lost Filename completion

why?
Comment 1 ronis 1999-05-14 19:12:59 UTC 
prior to upgrade to RH 6 was running RH 5.2

bash worked fine ... .bash_profile, .bashrc   all ok
command history, filename completion all worked

after upgrade .. everything works except these two items..

why????

my email is ronis
Comment 2 timw 1999-08-10 23:06:59 UTC 
Please close this as a duplicate of Bug 2397.
The submitter doesn't state which command line editing mode he uses,
but from the description I'll bet it's vi mode.
Comment out the assignment to 'INPUTRC' in /etc/profile, and all will
be well again.
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