Re: Substitution

[Saket Sathe <saket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Mangold wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:42:31 +0530, Saket Sathe <saket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
>
> > Eric Mangold wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:32:56 +0530, Saket Sathe 
> > > <saket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Suppose I've typed these commands:
> > > >
> > > > # mv somefile1 /home/saket/stuff/books/
> > > > # acroread somefile.pdf
> > > > # mv somefile2 /home/saket/stuff/books/
> > > >
> > > > How can I substitute the '/home/saket/stuff/books/' of the first  
> > > > command  into the last command ?
> > > > Currently I just retype it again :(
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I would push M-. twice. Assuming you have emacs bindings set as in   
> > > "bindkey -e"
> > >
> > > -Eric
> >
> >
> > Can '!:n' or something similar be used ? Or is '!:n' used only if 
> > you  want arguments from the _last_ command.
>
>
> That'll all be documented here:  
> http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Doc/Release/zsh_13.html#SEC48
>
> -Eric

Thanks :) got it..

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Saket.

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