From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 26 02:47:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C257D1FA for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from m1plsmtpa01-06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (m1plsmtpa01-06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A295A26E8 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:47:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org ([209.180.213.209]) by m1plsmtpa01-06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id Ven31m0074XeM0101en3jA; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:47:04 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:47:08 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Subject: Re: minor vi/vim qstn Message-ID: <20130926024708.GA3908@ethic.thought.org> References: <20130925212741.GA19434@ethic.thought.org> <20130926002327.6502d1b9.freebsd@edvax.de> <20130926002104.GA12932@ethic.thought.org> <20130926030600.8850ddc5.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130926030600.8850ddc5.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:47:11 -0000 Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 03:06:00AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:21:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. > > Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi have a syntax where > > > > you typed something like: > > > > > > > > % vi[#] or % vi [-2] [or vi [-N] > > > > > > > > to repeat the last or the second from last command? with my > > > > shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke. > > > > > > To repeat the last command, "." can be used. > > > > > > The vi editor (and probably vim and gvim) supports > > > according to "man vi": > > > > > > [Vi]i[sual][!] [+cmd] [file] > > > Vi mode only. Edit a new file. > > > > > > Is this what you're searching for? > > > > > > I THOGoHT it was "!", but lookit: > > > > > > pts/14 17:11 [5010] vi sent > > pts/14 17:11 [5011] vi! > > zsh: command not found: vi! > > pts/14 17:12 [5012] > > > > ....... this is vi == vim. > > > > AHA:: found it. it's [bang] > > > > > > pts/14 17:17 [5016] vi sent > > pts/14 17:17 [5017] !v > > > > > > I'll tell ya, if vi disappeared , I'd end it all! > > Ah, I see - you've been refering to repeating a _shell_ > command (so the question was regarding the shell, which > in your case is Z shell). > > You can probably use (like in the C shell) the arrow keys > to browse the command history. Similarly, you can use the > "!" command refering to the command number obtained > by the "history" command. There's a handy alias defined > globally for the C shell: "h" which means "history 25" > (lists the last 25 commands), handy in regards of saving > keystrokes. :-) > > I assume the zsh is also capable of "filtered history": > For example, you enter "vi s" and use the up and down > arrow keys to browse all commands that have been entered > starting with "vi s" (for example "vi sent", "vi stuff" > and so on). If the system's csh can do this, zsh should > also provide this useful feature. > > And as your prompt "pts/14 17:12 [5012]" suggests, > the command number is being shown. If this information > is the same as the command number in the history, entering > "!5010" would execute the 2nd from last command. > > To repeat the last command, whatever it has been, "!!" > can be used. Again, this works in csh, so I can't predict > if it will work in zsh too, but I _assume_ it does. > dunno how you know im using the zsh, but yup. with the bang stuff if you do a % !-3 you go back three vi cmds. !-N, N cmds. thankfully there are shortcuts! gary ps: zsh is sort of a ksh clone; I remember porting the zsh onto my 286 in 1989. got a lot of csh-isms :) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-seven years of service to the Unix community. http://www.thought.org/HOPE