How do I repeat the last command? The usual keys: Up, Ctrl+Up, Alt-p don’t work. They produce nonsensical characters.
(ve)[kakarukeys@localhost ve]$ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Nov 15 2010, 21:48:32)
[GCC 4.4.4 20100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>> print “hello world”
hello world
>>> ^[[A
File “”, line 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> ^[[1;5A
File “”, line 1
[1;5A
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> ^[p
File “”, line 1
p
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>
解决方案
I use the following to enable history on python shell.
This is my .pythonstartup file . PYTHONSTARTUP environment variable is set to this file path.
# python startup file
import readline
import rlcompleter
import atexit
import os
# tab completion
readline.parse_and_bind(‘tab: complete’)
# history file
histfile = os.path.join(os.environ[‘HOME’], ‘.pythonhistory’)
try:
readline.read_history_file(histfile)
except IOError:
pass
atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
del os, histfile, readline, rlcompleter
You will need to have the modules readline, rlcompleter to enable this.
Modules required: