Name
fc
Synopsis
fc [options
] [first
] [last
] fc -s [oldpattern
=newpattern
] [command
]
Display or edit commands in the history list. (Use only one of -l or
-e.) fc provides capabilities similar to the C
shell’s history and ! syntax.
first
and last
are numbers or strings specifying the range of commands to display or
edit. If last
is omitted, fc applies to a
single command (specified by first
). If
both first
and
last
are omitted, fc edits the previous
command or lists the last 16. A negative number is treated as an
offset from the current command. The second form of fc takes a
history command
, replaces
old
string with
new
string, and executes the modified
command. If no strings are specified,
command
is reexecuted. If no
command
is given either, the previous
command is reexecuted. command
is a number
or string like first
. See earlier examples
under Section 20.5.
Options
- -e [
editor
] Invoke editor to edit the specified history commands. The default
editor
is set by the shell variable FCEDIT. If FCEDIT is not set, the value of EDITOR is used, or vi if neither is set.- -l [first last]
List the specified command or range of commands, or list the last 16.
- -n
Suppress command numbering from the -l listing.
- -r
Reverse the order of the -l listing.
- -s
oldpattern
=newpattern
Edit command(s), replacing all occurrences of the specified old pattern with the new pattern. Then reexecute.
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