From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8467 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 11:10:49 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 11:10:49 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 58896 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 11:10:42 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 11:10:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 23657 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 2006 11:10:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10694 Received: (qmail 23647 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 11:10:32 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 11:10:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 57805 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 11:10:31 -0000 Received: from ms-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de) (134.130.3.130) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 11:10:30 -0000 Received: from r220-1 (r220-1.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.31]) by ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J5900195TKX8X@ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de> for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:07:45 +0200 (MEST) Received: from relay.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.3.1]) by r220-1 (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:07:45 +0200 (MEST) Received: from fsst.voodoo.lan (i577BC58F.versanet.de [87.123.197.143]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.7/8.13.3/1) with ESMTP id k88B7iD6024245 for ; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:07:44 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hawk by fsst.voodoo.lan with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GLeCs-000503-88 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:07:34 +0200 Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:07:34 +0200 From: Frank Terbeck Subject: Re: Refereing to elements in current command line In-reply-to: To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Mail-followup-to: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Message-id: <20060908110734.GE30636@fsst.voodoo.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Operating-System: Linux 2.6.16.16 i686 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) References: zzapper : > Sorry if this is an old chestnut > I often type somethig like > > > cp fredjoesid.php danjoesid.php > > At Present I use i a binding Control-O to do > > > cp fredjoesid.php fredjoesid.php > > end then vi edit > But how else can I do this? Sounds like a job for history-expansion: [snip] zsh% touch fredjoesid.php zsh% cp fredjoesid.php danjoesid.php zsh% !:0-1 !:1:s^fred^donny cp fredjoesid.php donnyjoesid.php zsh% print -l *.php danjoesid.php donnyjoesid.php fredjoesid.php [snap] See 'man 1 zshexpn' /HISTORY EXPANSION for details. Regards, Frank