On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:12:05AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > Asking on list, as others may be interested also. > > > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > martin@merkaba:~#1> > > > martin@merkaba:~#130> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > I am wondering what is the significance of the "#1>" and the "#130>" in > > your shell prompt, is that a function of the shell you are using or is > > it a custom prompt? > > What? You have never used a paper terminal or teletype? :-)
You mean like on that movie "The falcon and the snowman"? > I am not Martin but let me guess since those used to be quite common > in prompts. At one time almost everyone had a numbered prompt. > > In the old days of csh and paper printing terminals it was very common I'm running zsh, and get a "%" as a prompt, but I haven't spent a lot of time digging in to the documentation. So to get the command number is just a matter of creating a custom prompt? (I see you have answered this below[1] thanks!) man zsh is a comprehensive document, and when I get a few spare hours, I'll sit down and read it. As with most documentation, *actually* understanding it then getting something usable from it can take considerably longer. > ... we can refer to previous events by event number ‘!11’, > relatively as in ‘!-2’ (referring to the same event), by a prefix > of a command word as in ‘!d’ for event 12 or ‘!wri’ for event 9, > or by a string contained in a word in the command as in ‘!?mic?’ > also referring to event 9. These forms, without further change, > simply reintroduce the words of the specified events, each > separated by a single blank. As a special case, ‘!!’ refers to > the previous command; thus ‘!!’ alone is a redo. Just tried that in zsh, and it works exactly the same. I won't need to read any documents if this keeps up. :D [1] > The commands are shown with their event numbers. It is not > usually necessary to use event numbers, but the current event > number can be made part of the prompt by placing a ‘!’ in the > prompt string. [snip lots of useful info] > P.S. What I find most surprising is that you can still buy green bar > tractor feed continuous computer paper. There must still be some of > those in use! Wow. More reliable than friction feed? Is it double sheeted with a carbon paper arrangement so the second sheet is a carbon copy of the original? It is still handy to have a network of teletypes so information can be sent from a central point and distributed to other centers. Watch "The Falcon and the Snowman" to see a true story of its (mis)use. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121210095528.GA32398@tal
