On 29 October 2017 at 12:47, Devin Teske <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I doubt many people use /bin/sh as an interactive shell, but the tip >>>> ought not lead those who do astray
Will fix. >>> >>> Yes. /bin/sh on FreeBSD doesn't grok it, though bash and some other shells >>> available as ports do. I think that the old text was a bit better. < snip lots of great advice> Lets add new tips to fortune! > I’ve still had to use rehash on several occasions for it to detect new apps, > so remove that reference might be a mistake After r234823 I expect this to only occur if you install a new binary, with the same as an existing hashed binary, earlier in the PATH. Have you found this not to be the case? -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams On 29 October 2017 at 12:47, Devin Teske <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Oct 29, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Cy Schubert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In message <[email protected] >> om> >> , Warner Losh writes: >>> --94eb2c114c9a7c3c21055cb3566c >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Ed Maste <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 29 October 2017 at 00:53, Eitan Adler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Author: eadler >>>>> Date: Sun Oct 29 04:53:33 2017 >>>>> New Revision: 325092 >>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/325092 >>>>> >>>>> Log: >>>>> Modernize freebsd-tips a bit >>>> ... >>>>> % >>>>> Want to run the same command again? >>>>> -In tcsh you can type "!!". >>>>> +Type "!!". >>>>> % >>>> >>>> $ !! >>>> sh: !!: not found >>>> >>>> I doubt many people use /bin/sh as an interactive shell, but the tip >>>> ought not lead those who do astray >>> >>> Yes. /bin/sh on FreeBSD doesn't grok it, though bash and some other shells >>> available as ports do. I think that the old text was a bit better. >> >> Or better yet, ctrl-r in bash and zsh, or up-arrow in tcsh. > > Since we are responding to emaste's astute observation with random personal > favorites when it comes to history actions in an interactive shell... > > How about Esc-P and Esc-N? > > Never used it, you say? Few people do. > > Try this: > > Esc-P > (a colon appears) > (type a portion of the event you are looking for and press ENTER) > Found it? Good. > Didn't find it? Esc-P then ENTER to repeat search further back. > Keep typing Esc-P, ENTER until you find it. > Oh, you went too far? Esc-N, ENTER to search forward from the last matched > event. > > Sometimes I show this to co-workers and they shake their head and go back to > Ctrl-R. > > Ctrl-R is ok, but doesn't enable an Esc-N-like functionality by default. But > if you execute (or put in your shell profile) "stty -ixon" then you can use > Ctrl-S to reverse the search order during a Ctrl-R search. > > For example: > > Ctrl-r > (a prompt appears) > (type some text; don't hit ENTER) > Ctrl-r until you find the one you want > Went too far? > Ctrl-s to switch from reverse-search to forward-search > Ctrl-s until you find one you want > > Just thought I would share this random info. > > As for the fortune statement... > > I agree with emaste, "Type !!" is misleading. Old statement of "in tcsh you > can type !!" was fine because tcsh is the only shell in base that supports > that feature. However, possible alternatives to "Type !!" could be: > > Try "!!" (works in many shells but not all). > > NB: Trying to make a future-proof statement so the fortune datfile doesn't > have to be onerously maintained. > -- > Devin -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
