js@lri.lri.fr (Jose Lopes De Siqueira) (10/10/90)
If I set a variable var with a command number, I would like to be able to execute it as !$var. However, the ! command interpretes $ as the last command string rather than what I expected it to do. How to overcome this problem? Thanks in advance, Jose'. -- --- Jose' de Siqueira ( js@lri.lri.fr ) Plus jamais, le temps de toujours...
gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Burns) (10/11/90)
in article <2234@lri.lri.fr>, js@lri.lri.fr (Jose Lopes De Siqueira) says: > If I set a variable var with a command number, I would like to be able > to execute it as !$var. However, the ! command interpretes $ as the last > command string rather than what I expected it to do. How to overcome this > problem? How about: eval \!$var Beware tho', that when I tried it, if the selected command was an alias that itself sets a variable, (like an alias for 'cd' that sets the prompt), you may not get what you want. -- BURNS,JIM Georgia Institute of Technology, Box 30178, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt0178a Internet: gt0178a@prism.gatech.edu