Re: Tip of the day: previous command output

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004-08-20 21:25:47 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> > And how about typing a pattern somewhere in the command line, then
> > applying a function that replaces this pattern by the matching lines
> > (quoted) of $kept?
> 
> You'll have to be more specific.  You mean something like expand-word,
> except that the expansion gets stashed in $kept first?

No, I mean that instead of expanding to filenames, one expands
to lines from $kept (but only those that match the pattern).
For instance, if $kept is (ab ac bc) and [ESC][TAB] is bound
to the function in question, then

  a*[ESC][TAB]

gives

  ab ac

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