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From: avr@mtgzz.UUCP (XMRP50000[jcm]-a.v.reed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: ksh history editing
Summary: Yes
Message-ID: <4108@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 17:12:48 GMT
References: <2599@usceast.UUCP> <2601@usceast.UUCP> <4095@mtgzz.UUCP> <2199@quacky.mips.COM>
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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In article <2199@quacky.mips.COM>, dce@mips.COM (David Elliott) writes:
< 2. Having used the csh history mechanism for nearly 8 years, I'm used
<    to being able to do things like
< 	
< 	% foo bar
< 	...
< 	% ^oo^ob^		# change first foo to foob
< 	fob bar
< 	...
< 	% mv foo.c foo.c.old
< 	% !!:gs/foo/bar/	# change all foo to bar
< 	mv bar.c bar.c.old
< 
< I was told once that there was a ksh with a complete csh-style history
< machanism.  Is this true?

Yes. What's beautiful is that you can use it with the command set of
your favorite editor, whether vi or emacs; there is no need to learn
another set of editing commands just for the shell.

				Adam Reed (mtgzz!avr)