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BASH Question and Suggestion?

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From: Mike Liveright
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1990 10:06
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1) I have started using "bash" and its great... Of course I have a few
questions/comments...

2) Thanks for the configuration that supports arrow keys...

3) Is there a resonable way to cut down its size. When I do a "ls"
I get the following:

-rwxrwxr-x  1 root       598016 Dec 27 19:29 /usr/local/bin/bash
-rwxrwxr-x  1 root       204800 Sep 17 10:11 /usr/vbin/tcsh
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root       106496 Apr  9  1988 csh
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root        73728 Apr  9  1988 sh

I realize the memory is cheep, but is is realy nessary for bash to be
2.5 to 8 times as big as the others. In addition, is this just disk
space, or in fact is bash eating up 1/2 Mb of my virtual space?

4) I have two configuration settings that I'd like to suggest.
4.1) Id like to be able to turn off the bell when I backspace past the
initial character of the line while still maintining it when there
are errors, such as no completion, I think.

4.2) Id realy like to be able to eliminate the "*" at the beginning of the
line when I have altered the command. At least Id like to have the
"*" over-write an initial blank in the prompt rather than inserting
itself. I don't like to have the line move over.

Im still enjoying the shell, thanks...
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