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From: jerryp@tektools.UUCP (Jerry Peek)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs,net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Useful csh alias and free csh bug
Message-ID: <175@tektools.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 10:57:22 EST
Article-I.D.: tektools.175
Posted: Mon Mar 25 10:57:22 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Mar-85 01:23:24 EST
References: <2592@garfield.UUCP>
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Summary: 

In article <2592@garfield.UUCP> andrew@garfield.UUCP (Andrew Draskoy) writes:
> Here is a useful csh alias which I use to edit my last command.
> I'm posting it here since others have told me that they have also
> found it useful.
> 
> alias ec source ~/bin/ec
> where ~/bin/ec contains:
> 
> echo !-1:q > /tmp/ec$$
> $EDITOR /tmp/ec$$
> cat /tmp/ec$$
> eval `cat /tmp/ec$$`
> rm /tmp/ec$$

The first line of "ec", !-1:q, referred to the ec command *itself*,
instead of the previous command... it should look like this instead:

	echo !-2:q > /tmp/ec$$

Otherwise, "ec" works great.

--Jerry Peek, UNIX Training Instructor, Tektronix, Inc.
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