I know, I was just commenting on how some *nix variants are a little less cryptic by default. The conversation devolved after that. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Patrick R. Wade > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1677] RE: 2001, EUGLUG at the Magic Odyssey > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:01:21AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > > > >!! does repeat the last command, but only for the Cshell or > shells that > >mimic it. !! gets me nowhere on Solaris and I don't know > about Linux. It > >certainly was added to the list of things I couldn't make > happen on Solaris. > > > > those history functions are entirely part of the shell; the > modular design > of *NIX means that they are kernel-independant. If you can't > repeat last > command with !! in your Solaris shell, then either you are > running a shell > that does not support history or your HISTCHAR variable is > set to something > other than ! . It should work fine under Linux, since the > default shell > is bash. What does your Solaris account say to the command > > $ echo $SHELL > > I've just been reading the history section of "UNIX Power > Tools", and there > is a lot of l33t stuff that can be done with history... > > -- > A full height 19" rack with a glass door looks very out of place > when it's all alone. Sort of like a perverted shrine to the > God of Blinkenlights. > - Pim van Riezen, in the Monastery >
