From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15750 invoked by alias); 26 Jan 2015 21:30:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 19784 Received: (qmail 929 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2015 21:30:25 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:30:19 +0100 From: Axel Beckert To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: refering to 2nd from last history parameter? Message-ID: <20150126213019.GX26664@sym.noone.org> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <20150126121649.684c22cb@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> <20150126131723.GS26664@sym.noone.org> <20150126143212.426f510d@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20150126143212.426f510d@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> X-Operating-System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 X-Machine: sym2 x86_64 X-Editor: GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Face: 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 Organization: DeuxChevaux.org -- The =?iso-8859-1?Q?Citr?= =?iso-8859-1?B?b+tu?= 2CV Database User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Hi Peter, On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 02:32:12PM +0000, Peter Stephenson wrote: > > I'd expect that > > > > mkdir foo > > mv foo foo-1 > > > > can be abbreviated > > > > mkdir foo > > mv !$ !$-1 > > > > i.e. that anything behind "!$" except a colon (as in "!$:t" or "!$:h") > > is taken literal. > > That's not how it works at the moment --- because "-" means a range, > !$-1 alread has a special meaning, as you'll see if you try it. Indeed: → echo foo bar foo bar → echo !$-1 zsh: no such word in event I must admit, I'm surprised that I obviously never ran into that. Thanks for the heads up! > > Additionally, I thought we're talking about picking a single argument > > counting from the back, not from ranges of arguments -- which then could > > be "!<2-4" or "!<4-2". (I'd allow both forms as both can make sense.) > > Yes, we are, but the point is "-" already *means* range and isn't going > to stop doing that. *nod* Kind regards, Axel -- /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign | Axel Beckert \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and News | abe@deuxchevaux.org (Mail) X See http://www.nonhtmlmail.org/campaign.html | abe@noone.org (Mail+Jabber) / \ I love long mails: http://email.is-not-s.ms/ | http://abe.noone.org/ (Web)