Re: refering to 2nd from last history parameter?

[Axel Beckert <abe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 06:52:01PM +0300, ZyX wrote:
> > I would have expected that using negativ numbers would work (with
> > CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY enabled of course):
> >
> >   % echo !:-2
> >
> > But this actually seems an abbreviation for
> >
> >   % echo !:0-2
> >
> > despite this is not documented in the man page. (I may come up with a
> > documentation patch for that later.)
> 
> It is documented:“x-y    A range of words; x *defaults to 0*.”

Thanks for the heads up. I actually expected (and looked for) a
literal mention of "-x".

> > I wonder what would be a good syntax for such a feature as "-n"
> > seems already taken. Maybe something "<n" as in e.g.
> >
> >   % echo !:<2
> >
> > (And would we count from 0 or from 1, i.e. would "!:<0" or "!:<1" be a
> > synonym for "!:$"? :-)
> 
> I would say that `!:<1` resulting in a second word counted from the end is rather unexpected.

Yeah, well, depends. :-)

		Kind regards, Axel
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