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From: zzapper <zsh@rayninfo.co.uk>
To: Zsh-Users List <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: How to see history 'expression' in history rather than the expansion?
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:17:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bab2e230-6e63-2bac-ae72-0a2ee43634c7@rayninfo.co.uk> (raw)

Hi

ls IMG_20220612_093815.jpg

cp !$ /tmp

# but when I look at history I obviously see

ls IMG_20220612_093815.jpg

cp IMG_20220612_093815.jpg /tmp

# In this case !$ is trivial but sometimes I do an arbitrarily more 
complex history recall e.g.

cp !?imgxyz?$ /tmp

and I'd like to see that expression in my history (for reference 
purposes or to refine and correct it)

###### I've just remembered/realised that the following widget solves 
that. #####

###### But will still post this just to get any possible further advice 
#####

commit-to-history() {
# store a command in history for reuse w/o executing it
       print -s ${(z)BUFFER}
       zle send-break
}
zle -N commit-to-history
bindkey "^h" commit-to-history # ctrl-h


zzapper





             reply	other threads:[~2022-06-12 13:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-12 13:17 zzapper [this message]
2022-06-12 16:16 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-06-13 10:33   ` Pier Paolo Grassi
2022-06-13 10:43     ` Peter Stephenson
2022-06-13 16:02     ` Bart Schaefer

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