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From: bob@cloud9.UUCP (Bob Toxen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Using the directory stack like !-2:3 in csh
Summary: Here's how
Message-ID: <431@cloud9.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 01:06:17 GMT
References: <115@lakart.UUCP>
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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In article <115@lakart.UUCP>, dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes:
> If I have (say) three entries in my directory stack in csh:
> % dirs
> ~/work/lk/src ~/mail ~/work/vw/h/ether
> 
> is there any way to refer to ~/mail or ~/work/vw/h/ether with a syntax
> like history substitution: say I want to edit tcp.ip.h in ~/work/vw/h/ether:
> ...
> Can I do this??
> 	dg@lakart.UUCP - David Goodenough
> 	!harvard!adelie!cfisun!lakart!dg
% pushd +2
% setx=$cwd
% pushd
% vi $x/tcp.ip.h
I haven't done this in hours!  Also, I highly recommend:
	alias	popd	'popd \!*;set prompt="\! $cwd:t % "'
	alias	pushd	'pushd \!*;set prompt="\! $cwd:t % "'
	alias	d	dirs
	alias	po	popd
	alias	pu	pushd
-- 

Bob Toxen	{ucbvax!ihnp4,harvard,cloud9!es}!anvil!cavu!bob
Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA
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