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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney)
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Subject: Re: Can a command be stuffed into History?
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Date: 5 Apr 91 16:53:29 GMT
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In article <SQUASH.91Apr4184954@heat.math.ufl.edu> squash@math.ufl.edu (Jonathan King) writes:
}Could some kind soul tell me how to write an alias (or a script)
}which, after having done something (eg. an lpr command)
}places on the history list, a particular command.
}  My intention is to later execute this command with !! .
}  If this cannot be done, is it possible to have the alias type a
}command to the Unix prompt, so that I can hit <CR> later to execute it? 
}
}Jonathan  squash@math.ufl.edu 
I believe ksh can do it
print -s whateveryouwantaddedtoyourhistorylist
hope this helps
			Bruce

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