No I don't think so, I think it is still in dash mode. How do I switch root 
shell type? What file to edit?

Thanks for the hint.


On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:29:12 AM UTC-7, Duncaen wrote:
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> Have you set the default shell for root to bash or is it still dash?
>
> Am Freitag, 30. Oktober 2015 19:03:34 UTC+1 schrieb tuxracer:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Every time I use up and down arrow keys to get previously issued command, 
>> I get garbage "l^&($" I edited .bashrc in /root and added
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>> HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history
>> HISTFILESIZE=500
>> HISTSIZE=500
>>
>> but it failed. How do I enable .bash_history in Void Linux?
>>
>