📘 Csh History

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📘 Csh History#

Overview

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Csh shell history allows users to recall previous commands and rerun them by typing only a few quick keystrokes.

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Commands#

Event Designators

Cmd

Description
!
Begin a history substitution
!!
Previous command
!n
Command number n in history list
!-n
n th commnand back from current command
!string
Most recent command that starts with string
!?string[?]
Most recent command that contains string
^old^new^
Quick substitution,
change string old to new in previous command,
and execute modified command

Word Substitution

Cmd

Description
:0
Command name
:n
Argument number n
^
First argument
$
Last argument
%
Argument matched by a !?string? search
:n-m
Arguments n through m
-m
Words 0 through m, same as :0-m
:n-
Arguments n through next-to-last
:n*
Arguments n through last; same as n-$
*
All arguments; same as ^-$ or 1-$

History Modifiers

Cmd

Description
:p
Display command, but don’t execute
:s/old/new
Substitute string new for old, first instance only
:gs/old/new
Substitute string new for old, all instances
:as/old/new
Same as :gs
:Gs/old/new
Apply the substitution to all words in the command line

Usage#

touch test1 test2
echo !:0 !t:1!t:2
  touch test1test2
mkdir !t:1!t:2
mv !t:1 !t:2 !m:$
!t:p
  touch test1 test2
!t:p:s/test/TEST
  touch TEST1 test2

fc -l 189 189
  ls -trl Documents
ls -trd !189:$
  Documents
echo !189:$:s/Docu/Testa
  Testaments

Tip

Usefull to quickly recall the last command’s argument or the last command [1].

ls -trl file
vi !$
!!
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