Small Blog entry to spread the word. I hate having to manage a Linux system without this 
rlwrap is an utility that allows you to use up and down arrows in the various commands like sqlplus, rman, adrci, …
To enable it, you only have to do the following :
- Install readline-devel
(root) # yum install readline-devel
- Download latest rlwrap from
http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap/
and unzip it somewhere and Compile it.(root) # ./configure
(root) # make
(root) # make install - For OL6 you can use this RPM instead of manually making it:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/15282330/dir/redhat_el_6/com/rlwrap-0.37-1.el6.i686.rpm.html
Then install it with :
(root) # yum install rlwrap-0.37-1.el6.i686.rpm
- Configure aliases in .bash_profile so that rlwrap gets enabled when you start the command
alias sqlplus=”rlwrap sqlplus”
alias dgmgrl=”rlwrap dgmgrl”
alias rman=”rlwrap rman”
alias lsnrctl=”rlwrap lsnrctl”
alias asmcmd=”rlwrap asmcmd”
alias adrci=”rlwrap adrci”
alias impdp=”rlwrap impdp”
alias expdp=”rlwrap expdp”
You’ll never go back again
This information was very helpful. I needed to upgrade lein on a non-development system, and needed to get everything listed in your post. Thanks.
You might want to add the -I ( –pass-sigint-as-sigterm) option to the rlwrap alias to allow a TERM signal (eg ctrl+c) to be send to the command
Thanks, never noticed that was not possible. Will be helpful for the ctrl-c crowd.
Björn, have you looked at EPEL? That repo gives a wealth of extra packages, including rlwrap and screen, which are my favourite.
Will check it out, Thanks.
Really Helpful,
Thanks Buddy!!