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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
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Subject: Re: Save excursions for mush?
Keywords: mush save_excursions
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Date: 15 Nov 90 18:52:53 GMT
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In article <1990Nov12.024506.13412@fts1.uucp> michael@fts1.uucp (Michael Richardson) writes:
>   I often find myself doing a lot of 
>    set savrec=$record; 
>    set record=blah;
>    mail -lotsOfNeatOptions
>    set record=$savrec

build your own command:

cmd foo "set saverec=$record; set record=blah; mail \!*; set record=$saverec"

then just say "foo -lotsOfNeatOptions"

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dan
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