<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM, John J. Foerch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjfoerch@earthlink.net">jjfoerch@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 03:24:47PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote:<br>
> A feature that is almost as old<br>
> as the shell. The korn shell had<br>
> it. It is indeed an incredibly useful<br>
> feature.<br>
><br>
> And one useful alias is "alias h=history,"<br>
> for those that want to list their last N<br>
> commands frequently.<br>
><br>
> -- Bob<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>Nice. I will definitely get good use out of "history". I had read about<br>
it but never used it before. Now I see how useful it is in combination<br>
with grep and ! syntax.<br>
<br><div><div class="h5"> </div></div></blockquote><div>That's it. I've used that combo</div><div>untold thousands of times over the</div><div>decades. And of course the history</div><div>file can save amazing amounts of</div>
<div>typing, as one edits and reuses </div><div>previous line commands. In terms</div><div>of productivity, this is one of those</div><div>things one tend to get giddy about</div><div>after they happen on to it. </div><div>
<br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br></div></div><br>