for the record:

[kadiera]

I despise whatever version of unix it is that is running on my workstation here at work. There are a zillion things every day that I expect it to do that it refuses to cooperate on.

For example: auto-complete by hitting tab? no dice. In fact, there is no key on my keyboard that makes this function.

And I have a Windows key on my keyboard. WTF?

Comments

[melstav]

type [ uname -a ] to get detailed information about the variety of unix on your machine.

And your default shell is probably not bash, as it is on your linux box.

When you open a console window, execute the command: bash
and it should behave (somewhat) more like what you were expecting.

[kadiera]

all that gets me is HP-UX [hostname] B.11.11 U 9000/785 [bunch of numbers] unlimited-user license

and changing to bash does seem to help

[melstav]

HP-UX [hostname] B.11.11 U 9000/785 [bunch of numbers] unlimited-user license

*shudders*

you have my condolences.

[stormgren]

Was going to say that bash is probably not the default shell.

if you edit the .profile file in your home directory and put "bash" as the last line in it, that should at least be a quick workaround to the problem.

And HP-UX? *shudder* It's a UNIX, but it's a nasty one. UNIX sysadmins don't call it PH-UX for nothing.