> >[1] Can anyone tell me how bash can be persuaded to backspace until the > >previous whitespace or "/" when pressing esc-backspace in the cmd line > > Control-W
Thanks, but that's not so good for erasing components out of paths, as it erases the whole path at once. esc-backspace stops at every fly dirt. Is there anything in between? And where's this in the bash manual? I didn't find it. > >time. This, and the mental distortions one has to go through for piping > >stdout+stderr into something have held me back so far from switching. > > somecommand 2>&1 | someothercommand Sure, but a magnitude more contorted than |& ;) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
