Sure - to complete the prior command beginning with ls, do: !ls
which will re-execute the last comment beginning with "ls". If you need finer-grained history, use the command: history which will let you copy-and-paste a prior command. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Mike Dresser wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can > > reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash > > completes from history? > > well, if nothing else, you can hit up a few times and it'll scroll through > your command history. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
