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From: jensen@diku.dk (J|rgen Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Can a command be stuffed into History?
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.224547.20336@odin.diku.dk>
Date: 14 Apr 91 22:45:47 GMT
References: <SQUASH.91Apr4184954@heat.math.ufl.edu> <9682@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney) writes:

  >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

In a non-wimpy csh:

    alias youralias 'yourcmd; echo yournextcmd > tmpfile; source -h tmpfile'
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