Mac Terminal app - unable to use the up arrow to load previous commands when using SSH on remote server ( ^[[A ) I'm running into a weird issue where the UP arrow no longer restores commands previously entered on a remote server during SSH session:

:~ user$ ssh user@myserver
//... type the password, get welcome message
$ ^[[A  //&lt;- This is what I see when pressing up arrow on the server
$ ls //&lt;- I expect to see my previous commands to be visible


How can I make Terminal recall commands entered on a remote server when pressing the Up arrow? This is the behavior that I've observed previously, currently running OSX 10.11.2
Please try to temporarily change your shell, type the name of the shell:

$ /bin/csh 


See if that fixes your arrow key. If so, your shell or shell profile is having the cause of the problem.

Possible solutions:


Fix your current shell or shell profile.
You can change to a different shell permanently.


Reference: Mac OS X: How to change the Terminal shell