Re: ESC . vs. ^R, ^P again

2008-01-04 Thread jidanni
A> I think you want ESC _ which will pull in the last word of the A> previous command. Thanks but it's $ man bash|grep M-_ yank-last-arg (M-., M-_) insert-last-argument (M-., M-_) the same as M-., whose behavior I was railing against.

Re: ESC . vs. ^R, ^P again

2008-01-04 Thread Aharon Robbins
I think you want ESC _ which will pull in the last word of the previous command. Arnold In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >As there years pass I use ESC . daily hoping that it will get the last >chunk of the previous line on my screen, despite any ^P's or ^R's I >might have done. > >Never