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Re: alias hl='$(history -n -2 -2) '

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From: zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: alias hl='$(history -n -2 -2) '
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:17:14 +0000 (UTC)
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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:EXCHANGE03bJjyve2q70000ee73
@exchange03.csr.com:


> You could get the history part working better with
> 
> alias hl='eval "$(history -n -2 -2)" '
> 
That fixes it, thnx
> 
> I presume you're trying to avoid bang-history for some reason.  If you're
> not wedded to aliases you could use a zle function to retrieve specific
> stuff from the history.
> 
It's just that !-2 is a bit a pain to type (sorry)!


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References:
- alias hl='$(history -n -2 -2) '
  - From: zzapper
- Re: alias hl='$(history -n -2 -2) '
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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