Re: Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell

["Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/15/06, zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell
>
> It took me a while to suss these
>
> example:
> > cp NF ND
> Where NF means Newest File in directory and
> ND is newsest directory
>
> NF and ND are actually Global Aliases
>
> alias -g ND='$(ls -d *(/om[1]))' # newset directory
> alias -g NF='$(ls *(.om[1]))'    # newest file
>
> Using these "primitives" ie NF,ND and others has saved me writing lots of
> repetive shell scripts.

A related very useful keybind is
bindkey "^N"      _most_recent_file
although it completes files and directories alike, despite the name.
Also very useful is
 bindkey "^[^N"    _most_accessed_file
Just copy _most_recent_file and apply
17c17
<   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(om[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
---
>   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(oa[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
21c21
<   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(om[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
---
>   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(oa[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"

PS why the ls invocations? this seems to work just as well
alias -g NF='*(.om[1])'
alias -g ND='*(/om[1])'

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Mikael Magnusson