A feature that is almost as old<div>as the shell. The korn shell had</div><div>it. It is indeed an incredibly useful</div><div>feature. </div><div><br></div><div>And one useful alias is "alias h=history,"</div>
<div>for those that want to list their last N</div><div>commands frequently.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div><div></div><div class="h5">
On 3/11/2010 3:06 PM, Ben DeMott wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Instead of aliases I find myself setting my bash history
insanely high, and using ctrl+r every couple seconds.<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Steve
Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com" target="_blank">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
<div>
<div>On 3/11/2010 2:57 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">I have hundreds. Each time I
<div>start a new project I usually end</div>
<div>of making several aliases related </div>
<div>to it.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Not all are in play at any given</div>
<div>time of course, and the shell</div>
<div>history can often do just as well.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> -- Bob</div>
<div><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:35 PM, <<a href="mailto:topher@t1kdevelopment.com" target="_blank">topher@t1kdevelopment.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">I
deleted JT's post before my reply came to mind, so pretend this is a<br>
reply to his.<br>
<br>
Are there any commands you type incorrectly so often that you make an<br>
alias for it?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</div>
rmrf/? :P<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
-- <br>
:wq<br>
<br>
</font><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
grlug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org" target="_blank">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
grlug mailing list
<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org" target="_blank">grlug@grlug.org</a>
<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a></pre>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
The only drawback to aliases, is, just liek speed dial. You forget the
real syntax. I have forgetten how to validate my icinga config
manually, because I've used an alias since day 2-3. Bash history would
get me the same thing without rotting my brain.<br>
<br>
</div>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
grlug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org" target="_blank">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
<pre><fieldset></fieldset>
_______________________________________________
grlug mailing list
<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org" target="_blank">grlug@grlug.org</a>
<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a></pre>
</blockquote></div></div>
I recently discovered : Ctl-R % in vim. Try it, especially with
netrw. its awesome<br>
<br>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
grlug mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>
<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div>