From: Rory Winston (Rory.Winston at domain telewest.co.uk)
Date: Mon 22 Oct 2001 - 10:43:35 IST
Hi,
I was just wondering if the following is possible in the shell.. I find the
$_ variable very handy (gives you the last argument of the previous
command), so you can type stuff like:
$ vim foobar.c
$ cat $_
$ gcc $_
Is there any way to get any other part of the previous command string? I.e.
if I type
$/usr/bin/foobar foo.c
Can I repeat the command, say like:
$$__ bar.c
And $__ (or similar) is expanded into the previous command
(/usr/bin/foobar)? Or are there any substitution mechanisms whereby I can
type something like
$ s/foo.c/bar.c
and the previous command is re-executed with the substitution in place. If
anybody knows of any trickery to do this stuff (or similar tricks) it would
be very handy. If we have any users who prefer Korn to Bash, any ideas on
the same mechanisms in ksh?
Cheers
Rory
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OneLine Team,
TeleWest Communications,
Genesis Business Park,
Albert Drive,
Woking Surrey,
GU21 5RW
mailto: rory.winston at domain telewest.co.uk
phone: 01483 295 653
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