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Re: postcmd?

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From: Thomas Köhler <jean-luc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh users mailing list <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: postcmd?
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:49:12 +0200
Cc: Adam Spiers <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 11:30:13AM +0100,
Adam Spiers <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to get code executed after you've hit enter, but
> /before/ any output appears, i.e. is there some sort of parallel of
> precmd?  If so, whack me with the relevant bit of the manual that I
> missed.  If not, consider this a feature request :-)

That's what the preexec function is for. Try this:
preexec () {
  echo "About to execute $1"
}

> Adam

CU,

Thomas

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