As far as I know, ESC-. (in fact hitting '.' when in command mode) repeats your very last action whether it was an editing action or executing a command.
Bahman On 8/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi folks, > > when someone uses set -o vi to put /bin/sh into vi-mode > for command line editing, he for example could use the > "ESC-minus" sequence for editing the last executed command. > > but there's another bug/feature: "ESC-." (period). > when i (of course by mistake) hit this "feature", > all commands in the history IMMEDIATELY get executed > without even pressing enter. > > is this a bug or a feature and how can i avoid this > to happen - even with being in vi mode and in /bin/sh. > > from my point of view, this is a really dangerous thing, > because commands like rm -rf or kill could easily get > executed when they shouldn't! > > the documentation for vi shows that "." should be used > to edit the whole history and not to parse and execute it! > (allocated to cmdline editing). > > cu / regards > > ps: just reply to the list, i'm on it. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
