<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">It's easier to press one arrow key a few times than to type out a command phrase.</p>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Jim Wildman <jim@rossberry.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><br />With bash<br />!?phrase<br />will search for and execute that last command containg phrase<br /><br />history | grep apt (as others said) will find the command, with the<br />command number in front<br /><br />!number will execute that command<br />!number:s/oldphrase/newphrase/ will edit and then execute the command<br /><br />you can do similar things with the 'fc' command which will open your<br />default editor with the given command. The command executes when you<br />exit the editor.<br /><br /> 983 exit<br /> 984 ls<br /> 985 ls<br /> 986 cd rossdev<br /> 987 ls<br /> 988 cat rbhosts.txt<br /> 989 svn up<br /> 990 exit<br /> 991 scdr<br /> 992 pine<br /> 993 screen<br /> 994 scdr<br /> 995 scdr<br /> 996 scdr<br /> 997 exit<br /> 998 scdr<br /> 999 exit<br /> 1000 scdr<br /> 1001 man fc<br /> 1002 history 20<br /><br />fc 988<br />opens vi with "cat rbhosts.txt" in the buffer<br /><br !
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see someone who only uses the arrow keys, I know they have not<br />gotten serious about efficient command line use.<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> csh (sorry, no idea off the top of my head). <br /> <br /> Alternately, if you need a reason to use zsh, here's one more: you can type<br /> 'apt' and then use the up arrow to reverse through full commands in your<br /> history that start with "apt".<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </blockquote><br /><br /><hr /><br />Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@rossberry.com <a href="http://www.rossberry.net">http://www.rossberry.net</a><br />"Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best<br />state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."<br />Thomas Paine</pre><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #000"></p><pre class="k9mail"><hr /><br />colug-432 mailing list<br
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