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Re: Very useful !#^

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From: "Tim" <piglet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Very useful !#^
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:26:18 +0100
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Reply-to: Tim Haynes <zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi
> cos I keep forgetting this myself
>
>> cp verylongfilename.tex   backup_!#^<tab>
> expands to
>> cp verylongfilename.tex backup_verylongfilename.tex

Oh, excellent. I've been wondering for ages if there's such a thing and
never got around to hunting it.

A related joy: !$ tab-expands to last word of previous line. Notably this
has a corresponding keypress, M-. or M-_  Is there a key for !#^ as well?

~Tim
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Follow-Ups:
- Re: Very useful !#^
  - From: Achille
- RE: Very useful !#^
  - From: Seth Kurtzberg
- Re: Very useful !#^
  - From: Stephane Chazelas

References:
- Very useful !#^
  - From: zzapper

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