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Re: why would anybody want ESC . to remember "&" ?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: why would anybody want ESC . to remember "&" ? |
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Mon, 1 Aug 2016 21:06:47 -0400 |
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On 8/1/16 9:25 AM, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> $ bla1 bla2 bla3 &
> $ <ESC .>
> $ &
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> Why not
> $ bla3
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> What value is remembering "&".
If you don't think it has value, take a shot at implementing your preferred
behavior and see if others agree.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/