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From: lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Should ``csh'' be part of the System V distribution?
Summary: There is more to ESC_ than meets the eye
Keywords: csh==Berkeley shell, should it be in System V or not?
Message-ID: <13871@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 21 May 88 16:37:14 GMT
References: <2599@usceast.UUCP> <2601@usceast.UUCP> <77@denali.stanford.edu> <10292@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Organization: Ohio State Computer & Info Science
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In article <10292@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>, ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell) writes:
> In vi mode, use ESC_ (that is, escape key followed by an underscore).
>     
>     Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

You can get at any command line text of the previous command if you provide
a number between the ESC and _.  For example:

	$ echo a b c d e f g
	a b c d e f g
	$ echo ESC4_		# turns into the command
	$ echo  c

I don't believe this is documented in the 06/03/86a ksh man page.
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Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems and Ohio State University
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