fc -l -m 'some pattern'

fc -l -m 'some pattern'

[Nick Croft]

I'm new at using zsh. Working through a tutorial.

I read that 

   Using the -m flag in conjunction with -l, you can specify a pattern.
   (don't forget to quote the pattern!). Then, only commands matching
   the pattern will be displayed. 

So for example, if 

   fc -l -300 -285 

shows that I used vim in a command a number of times, to isolate only the
'vim' occurrences should I not type

   fc -lm "vim" -300 -285    ?

Or do you need the entire command line? (That would be a severe
limitation I think).

Thanks,

Nick

Re: fc -l -m 'some pattern'

[Sven Wischnowsky]

Nick Croft wrote:

> I'm new at using zsh. Working through a tutorial.
> 
> I read that 
> 
>    Using the -m flag in conjunction with -l, you can specify a pattern.
>    (don't forget to quote the pattern!). Then, only commands matching
>    the pattern will be displayed. 
> 
> So for example, if 
> 
>    fc -l -300 -285 
> 
> shows that I used vim in a command a number of times, to isolate only the
> 'vim' occurrences should I not type
> 
>    fc -lm "vim" -300 -285    ?
> 
> Or do you need the entire command line? (That would be a severe
> limitation I think).

You need a *pattern* that matches the entire line. E.g.:

  fc -lm "vim*" -300 -285

Or even "*vim*".


Bye
  Sven

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Sven Wischnowsky                          wischnow@berkom.de