[ale] i hate csh

[Geoffrey]

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

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>>       host% ^pe^ep
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>>I don't think bash does that. Speaking of which, I also miss the
>>"r" command in ksh for repeating a command in your history ...
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> Bash does do the caret substitution trick. It is also great at repeating 
> commands from your history. Just type "!!" to repeat your last command, 
> "!234" to repeat command number 234, 


Now that's useful, I know I want to run command # 345985739 :) 
Seriously, I've seen little use for commands referenced by number. 
Searchs by patterns make most sense, something ksh let's you do:

esc /
'type partial text of command you're looking for here, the return'

Don't like the result?  additional /s will search backwards through your 
history.

>  or (my favorite) "!string" to repeat 
> the last command that started with "string." Say you run a "grep" command 
> and then, hours of coding later, you decide you want to run that command 
> again. Just type "!gr" 


Same thing applies to ksh with the 'r' command r gr'  would mach the 
last command that matched that pattern.  ksh will recognized either vi 
or emacs editing commands, you set a couple of vars (EDITOR, VISUAL) to 
your preference.


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