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| Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, April 13 2013 @ 03:51 AM EDT |
I think all Unix shells provide a much simpler implementation which 'allows
“[t]he user [to] input[] data for a field of [a] form by selecting an item from
the displayed historical list which corresponds to the particular field.”'
Using the 'Up' and 'Down' arrows, the historical list of entries previously
entered into the command line field can be browsed and entered into the field.
The patent does not seem to exclude forms that have only one field, such as a
command line. My Amiga has the same feature. I still have it if they want one to
demonstrate prior art in court, again.
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Ian Al
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 13 2013 @ 09:13 AM EDT |
Just tested that...
Thank you, thank you and thank you again!
For as long as I've used history, it has ALWAYS been in the form of:
$ history | grep $whatIRemember
And as my memory leaks become more frequent with age, I have wondered more and
more why history hasn't been made easier to deal with.
Bah! I'm almost afraid to ask how long thats been there.
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- Whoa... - Authored by: Nick_UK on Saturday, April 13 2013 @ 09:22 AM EDT
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| Authored by: joef on Saturday, April 13 2013 @ 11:46 AM EDT |
And you can 'set -o vi' or 'set -o emacs' (as you prefer) in ~/.bashrc and use
the editing features on the history list. This includes modifying a prior
command line to correct mis-types, change option settings, or change target
arguments. Or you can invoke the feature at any time, even if it's not in
.bashrc, by typing the command 'set -o <favorite editor>'.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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