Re: shell repeat commands

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 01/24/04

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    In article <c06e4d68.0401231954.3b10bc2b@posting.google.com>,
     yls177@hotmail.com (yls177) wrote:

    > in ksh, i can do the below
    >
    > 1) history
    > 2) r history-number
    >
    > but for csh, i cant do the same. are there any similar alternatives?

    In csh, the command to re-execute a particular history entry is

    !history-number 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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