From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 28 10:08:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F0416A420 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nospam@mgedv.net) Received: from mail.mgedv.net (mail.mgedv.net [213.229.1.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4484213C474 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nospam@mgedv.net) Received: from wzits045 (client.vpn.loop [192.168.177.20]) by mail.my.loop (mgedv) with ESMTP id BBA9E1C4F07 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:08:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <001501c7e95b$5b6267e0$14b1a8c0@bstandard.lan> From: "no@spam@mgedv.net" To: References: <000801c7e87d$bb64f420$14b1a8c0@bstandard.lan> <6d62f69a0708270119n34c21b9dr6ab5caa287017da2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:08:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: Re: /bin/sh vi mode command line editing and the period X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:08:20 -0000 > As far as I know, ESC-. (in fact hitting '.' when in command mode) > repeats your very last action whether it was an editing action or > executing a command. yes, that's true for vi, but not for /bin/sh in vi-mode. at least on my 6.2-RELEASE. ;)