I created a new userid, and when I use the cursor keys in a command window it does not work as expected and I get commands like ]]?a
Solution
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash myid
If you use the command adduser you can specify the shell at create time.
Once you have done this you need to logoff and logon again (or just start a new window).
You should also have a .profile script for when you logon. My .profile has
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
#umask 022
# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
. "$HOME/.bashrc"
fi
fi
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin directories
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
JVM_ARGS="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9081 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false "
# export MQCHLLIB=/var/mqm/qmgrs/QMA/@ipcc
export MQSSLKEYR=/var/mqm/qmgrs/QMB/ssl/key
export SWT_GTK3=0
export SWT_WEBKIT2=0
export CLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar:${CLASSPATH}"
export LESS="-I -R"
This . profile invokes .bashrc (if it exists)
My file has
####### added for zPDT #######200725095805
export PATH=/usr/z1090/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/z1090/bin:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export MANPATH=/usr/z1090/man:$MANPATH
ulimit -c unlimited
ulimit -d unlimited
####### end of added for zPDT #######
export LESS="-I -R "
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%T "
export HISTFILESIZE=5000
ColinPaice 