Why is it not possible to navigate on the command line?

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Alexey2017-04-06 01:32:23

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Alexey, 2017-04-06 01:32:23

Why is it not possible to move the dotted line with the keyboard arrows, values appear on the command line instead.

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vman, 2017-04-06
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echo $TERM what outputs?

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3vi1_0n3, 2017-04-06
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If you answer the question from the title, then because readline was excluded from the assembly. I quote:

The GNU readline library is designed to create a uniform
user interface in programs that use
command line input.

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@gridmit, 2017-04-06
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try pressing the arrows while holding Ctrl