diff --git a/pkg/cmdrunner/cmdrunner.go b/pkg/cmdrunner/cmdrunner.go
index 9a23aaa7..c865707b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdrunner/cmdrunner.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdrunner/cmdrunner.go
@@ -499,9 +499,7 @@ func UnSetCommand(ctx context.Context, pk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType) (sstore
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var cmdOutput bytes.Buffer
-	for varName, _ := range unsetVars {
-		cmdOutput.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("unset %s\r\n", shellescape.Quote(varName)))
-	}
+	displayStateUpdate(&cmdOutput, *ids.Remote.RemoteState, remoteInst.State)
 	cmd, err := makeStaticCmd(ctx, "unset", ids, pk.GetRawStr(), cmdOutput.Bytes())
 	update, err := addLineForCmd(ctx, "/unset", false, ids, cmd)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -926,17 +924,20 @@ func SetEnvCommand(ctx context.Context, pk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType) (sstor
 	}
 	state := *ids.Remote.RemoteState
 	state.Env0 = shexec.MakeEnv0(envMap)
-	remote, err := sstore.UpdateRemoteState(ctx, ids.SessionId, ids.WindowId, ids.Remote.RemotePtr, state)
+	remoteInst, err := sstore.UpdateRemoteState(ctx, ids.SessionId, ids.WindowId, ids.Remote.RemotePtr, state)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	update := sstore.ModelUpdate{
-		Sessions: sstore.MakeSessionsUpdateForRemote(ids.SessionId, remote),
-		Info: &sstore.InfoMsgType{
-			InfoMsg:   fmt.Sprintf("[%s] set vars: %s", ids.Remote.DisplayName, formatStrs(mapToStrs(setVars), "and", false)),
-			TimeoutMs: 2000,
-		},
+	var cmdOutput bytes.Buffer
+	displayStateUpdate(&cmdOutput, *ids.Remote.RemoteState, remoteInst.State)
+	cmd, err := makeStaticCmd(ctx, "setenv", ids, pk.GetRawStr(), cmdOutput.Bytes())
+	update, err := addLineForCmd(ctx, "/setenv", false, ids, cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO tricky error since the command was a success, but we can't show the output
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	update.Interactive = pk.Interactive
+	update.Sessions = sstore.MakeSessionsUpdateForRemote(ids.SessionId, remoteInst)
 	return update, nil
 }
 
@@ -1020,8 +1021,9 @@ func CdCommand(ctx context.Context, pk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType) (sstore.Up
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cmdOutput := fmt.Sprintf("cwd = %s", shellescape.Quote(newDir))
-	cmd, err := makeStaticCmd(ctx, "cd", ids, pk.GetRawStr(), []byte(cmdOutput))
+	var cmdOutput bytes.Buffer
+	displayStateUpdate(&cmdOutput, *ids.Remote.RemoteState, remoteInst.State)
+	cmd, err := makeStaticCmd(ctx, "cd", ids, pk.GetRawStr(), cmdOutput.Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO tricky error since the command was a success, but we can't show the output
 		return nil, err
@@ -1542,7 +1544,7 @@ func HistoryCommand(ctx context.Context, pk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType) (ssto
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid maxitems value '%s' (must be a number): %v", pk.Kwargs["maxitems"], err)
 	}
 	if maxItems < 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid maxitems value '%s' (cannot be negative)", maxItems)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid maxitems value '%d' (cannot be negative)", maxItems)
 	}
 	if maxItems == 0 {
 		maxItems = DefaultMaxHistoryItems
@@ -1678,7 +1680,7 @@ func LineShowCommand(ctx context.Context, pk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType) (sst
 	ts := time.UnixMilli(line.Ts)
 	buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %-15s %s\n", "ts", ts.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")))
 	if line.Ephemeral {
-		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %-15s %s\n", "ephemeral", true))
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %-15s %v\n", "ephemeral", true))
 	}
 	if cmd != nil {
 		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %-15s %s\n", "cmdid", cmd.CmdId))
@@ -1757,3 +1759,57 @@ func formatTextTable(totalCols int, data [][]string, colMeta []ColMeta) []string
 	}
 	return rtn
 }
+
+func displayStateUpdate(buf *bytes.Buffer, oldState packet.ShellState, newState packet.ShellState) {
+	if newState.Cwd != oldState.Cwd {
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("cwd %s\r\n", newState.Cwd))
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(newState.Env0, oldState.Env0) {
+		newEnvMap := shexec.ParseEnv0(newState.Env0)
+		oldEnvMap := shexec.ParseEnv0(oldState.Env0)
+		for key, newVal := range newEnvMap {
+			oldVal, found := oldEnvMap[key]
+			if !found || oldVal != newVal {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s\r\n", shellescape.Quote(key), shellescape.Quote(newVal)))
+			}
+		}
+		for key, _ := range oldEnvMap {
+			_, found := newEnvMap[key]
+			if !found {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("unset %s\r\n", shellescape.Quote(key)))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if newState.Aliases != oldState.Aliases {
+		newAliasMap, _ := ParseAliases(newState.Aliases)
+		oldAliasMap, _ := ParseAliases(oldState.Aliases)
+		for aliasName, newAliasVal := range newAliasMap {
+			oldAliasVal, found := oldAliasMap[aliasName]
+			if !found || newAliasVal != oldAliasVal {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("alias %s\n", shellescape.Quote(aliasName)))
+			}
+		}
+		for aliasName, _ := range oldAliasMap {
+			_, found := newAliasMap[aliasName]
+			if !found {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("unalias %s\r\n", shellescape.Quote(aliasName)))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if newState.Funcs != oldState.Funcs {
+		newFuncMap, _ := ParseFuncs(newState.Funcs)
+		oldFuncMap, _ := ParseFuncs(oldState.Funcs)
+		for funcName, newFuncVal := range newFuncMap {
+			oldFuncVal, found := oldFuncMap[funcName]
+			if !found || newFuncVal != oldFuncVal {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("function %s\n", shellescape.Quote(funcName)))
+			}
+		}
+		for funcName, _ := range oldFuncMap {
+			_, found := newFuncMap[funcName]
+			if !found {
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("unset -f %s\r\n", shellescape.Quote(funcName)))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmdrunner/shparse.go b/pkg/cmdrunner/shparse.go
index a788ce1f..156c53f5 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdrunner/shparse.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdrunner/shparse.go
@@ -217,3 +217,99 @@ func EvalMetaCommand(ctx context.Context, origPk *scpacket.FeCommandPacketType)
 	}
 	return rtnPk, nil
 }
+
+func parseAliasStmt(stmt *syntax.Stmt) (string, string, error) {
+	cmd := stmt.Cmd
+	callExpr, ok := cmd.(*syntax.CallExpr)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("wrong cmd type for alias")
+	}
+	if len(callExpr.Args) != 2 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("wrong number of words in alias expr wordslen=%d", len(callExpr.Args))
+	}
+	firstWord := callExpr.Args[0]
+	if firstWord.Lit() != "alias" {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid alias cmd word (not 'alias')")
+	}
+	secondWord := callExpr.Args[1]
+	val, err := quotedLitToStr(secondWord)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+	eqIdx := strings.Index(val, "=")
+	if eqIdx == -1 {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("no '=' in alias definition")
+	}
+	return val[0:eqIdx], val[eqIdx+1:], nil
+}
+
+func quotedLitToStr(word *syntax.Word) (string, error) {
+	cfg := &expand.Config{
+		Env:       &parseEnviron{Env: make(map[string]string)},
+		GlobStar:  false,
+		NullGlob:  false,
+		NoUnset:   false,
+		CmdSubst:  func(w io.Writer, word *syntax.CmdSubst) error { return doCmdSubst("", w, word) },
+		ProcSubst: doProcSubst,
+		ReadDir:   nil,
+	}
+	return expand.Literal(cfg, word)
+}
+
+func ParseAliases(aliases string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	r := strings.NewReader(aliases)
+	parser := syntax.NewParser(syntax.Variant(syntax.LangBash))
+	file, err := parser.Parse(r, "aliases")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	rtn := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, stmt := range file.Stmts {
+		aliasName, aliasVal, err := parseAliasStmt(stmt)
+		if err != nil {
+			// fmt.Printf("stmt-err: %v\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if aliasName != "" {
+			rtn[aliasName] = aliasVal
+		}
+	}
+	return rtn, nil
+}
+
+func parseFuncStmt(stmt *syntax.Stmt, source string) (string, string, error) {
+	cmd := stmt.Cmd
+	funcDecl, ok := cmd.(*syntax.FuncDecl)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("cmd not FuncDecl")
+	}
+	name := funcDecl.Name.Value
+	// fmt.Printf("func: [%s]\n", name)
+	funcBody := funcDecl.Body
+	// fmt.Printf("  %d:%d\n", funcBody.Cmd.Pos().Offset(), funcBody.Cmd.End().Offset())
+	bodyStr := source[funcBody.Cmd.Pos().Offset():funcBody.Cmd.End().Offset()]
+	// fmt.Printf("<<<\n%s\n>>>\n", bodyStr)
+	// fmt.Printf("\n")
+	return name, bodyStr, nil
+}
+
+func ParseFuncs(funcs string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	r := strings.NewReader(funcs)
+	parser := syntax.NewParser(syntax.Variant(syntax.LangBash))
+	file, err := parser.Parse(r, "funcs")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	rtn := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, stmt := range file.Stmts {
+		funcName, funcVal, err := parseFuncStmt(stmt, funcs)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("stmt-err: %v\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if funcName != "" {
+			rtn[funcName] = funcVal
+		}
+	}
+	return rtn, nil
+}