Running a command from history in korn shell 3

[ddrillich]

Good Day,

I have the following history:

$ history
190 cd inst-QACMS
191 pwd
192 ls -lt
193 cd logs
194 ls
195 ls -lt
196 cd cms
197 ls -lt
198 tail -100 bob.log
199 ls -lt
200 cat vhs-cds-info-3436.tmp
201 ls -lt
202 tail -100 bob.log
203 pwd
204 ls -lt | more
205 history


I would like to run the 200 command. How can I do that?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[kHz]

esc-k then type cds then enter key. This will bring up the last command that contained cds. press n to go to the next command that contains cds.

 

[Mike042]

See the man history pages, before trying:
fc -s 200

I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[ddrillich]

Hi Mike,

fc –s 200 worked!

I have no idea how to run kHz's command.
kHz, what do you mean by esc-k?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[kHz]

press the escape key followed by the 'k' key. Then type a '/' then whatever partial command you are looking for.

Less time than typing history followed by fc -s <number>, if you know what you are looking for.

 

[ddrillich]

Not much luck ;-)

$ ^[k/pw
ksh: ^[k/pw: not found

-- Dan

 

[kHz]

did you 'set -o vi' first?

 

[ddrillich]

Thanks kHz!

 

[kHz]

Also with ksh, when you have recalled your command you can edit it by pressing the 'v' key.

Using your original question:
press esc-k-/ <type cds> then press enter

This will bring up
# cat vhs-cds-info-3436.tmp

and if you need to edit this line and change 3436 to 3536, for example, you can bring the command line up with vi.

just type 'v'

 

[sibisuresh]

You can also try

r 200

Regards

 

[ddrillich]

Thanks a lot sibisuresh!

I guess r stands for repeat. However, "man r" and "which r" don't bring a thing. So, what is it ;-) ?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[ddrillich]

I guess the r is a shell thing.....

 

[KenCunningham]

Could stand for recall too, but perhaps that's enough conjecture as long as it works!