Hello, I have this long command line which I keep changing multiple instances of host names in it:
# rm -f redo-afn2-dev.out; ./redo.sh afn2-dev & jobs -x tail --pid %./redo.sh -F -n +0 redo-afn2-dev.out I use CentOS 5 and Bash as my interactive shell. The problem is that just *sometimes* (most of the time it's in the history already so no need) I want to use the last such sequence and replace all the host name occurances by another host. Using history substitution, I can do something like: # !rm:gs/afn2/portal2/ and get it done. But the problem is that in order to do this, I need to search for the last relevant command in the history, which I use "incremental search backwards" for (Ctrl-R). But once the wanted command is the current one - I can't use the history substitution on it. I found that I can refer to the current command with "!#:", so it'll look like: # rm -f redo-afn2-dev.out; ./redo.sh afn2-dev & jobs -x tail --pid %./redo.sh -F -n +0 redo-afn2-dev.out!#:gs/afn2/portal2/ Then I can type M-C-e (alt-control-e) to copy the command line as it was typed so far into another version with the history substitution done on it, BUT - that leaves me with two copies of the line: # rm -f redo-afn2-dev.out; ./redo.sh afn2-dev & jobs -x tail --pid %./redo.sh -F -n +0 redo-afn2-dev.outrm -f redo-afn1-dev.out; /redo.sh afn1-dev & jobs -x tail --pid %./redo.sh -F -n +0 redo-afn1-dev.out (notice the "...dev.outrm -f..." in the middle of that last line). Does anyone know how can I achieve the same effect without having to go back to the middle of the line and carefully remove the "old" copy? Maybe a way to tell the shell - "ok, I like the command I found, just make it the last in the history without executing it", something that can be done with history-substitution ":p" modifier, then I can get back to using "!!:gs///". I couldn't find a solution in bash's manual or FAQ. I'd rather have something usable from the interactive command line and not a script since such a typing trick can come handy in multiple situations, the above is just an example. Thanks, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
