rlfe 8.2~rc2-2 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu kinetic

 This tool lets you use history and line-editing in any text oriented
 tool. This is especially useful with third-party proprietary tools that
 cannot be distributed linked against readline. It is not perfect but it
 works pretty well.
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 See the ledit and rlwrap packages for other programs of that kind.