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Article #531Re: Some minor bash nits/wouldlikes
From: Rob McMahon
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1989 12:45
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1989 12:45
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In article <8909011533.AA11301@aurel.caltech.edu> bfox@aurel.caltech.edu writes: >THe ampersand is replaced by the matched text? What if you are just adding >an ampersand, which seems to me to be a common case: > > bash$ hairy-function argument > bash$ !!:s/argument/another-argument & <- user wants to background this job. bash$ !!:s/argument/another-argument/ & or bash$ !!:s/argument/another-argument \& or even bash$ !!:s/argument/another-&/ & :-) This is very useful sometimes for small additions to long replacements. Rob -- UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv PHONE: +44 203 523037 JANET: cudcv@uk.ac.warwick ARPA: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk Rob McMahon, Computing Services, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!warwick!cudcv From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Some minor bash nits/wouldlikes Message-ID: <197@titania.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 2 Sep 89 12:45:18 GMT References: <8909010622.AA04478@baby.bby.oz> <8909011533.AA11301@aurel.caltech.edu> Reply-To: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Distribution: gnu Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK Lines: 21