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authorAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
committerAxel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>2022-04-11 00:17:48 +0200
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-fc [ -e ename ] [ -LI ] [ -m match ] [ old=new ... ] [ first [ last ] ]
+fc [ -e ename ] [ -s ] [ -LI ] [ -m match ] [ old=new ... ] [ first [
+last ] ]
fc -l [ -LI ] [ -nrdfEiD ] [ -t timefmt ] [ -m match ]
[ old=new ... ] [ first [ last ] ]
fc -p [ -a ] [ filename [ histsize [ savehistsize ] ] ]
@@ -6,26 +7,27 @@ fc -P
fc -ARWI [ filename ]
The fc command controls the interactive history mechanism. Note
that reading and writing of history options is only performed if
- the shell is interactive. Usually this is detected automati-
- cally, but it can be forced by setting the interactive option
+ the shell is interactive. Usually this is detected automati-
+ cally, but it can be forced by setting the interactive option
when starting the shell.
- The first two forms of this command select a range of events
- from first to last from the history list. The arguments first
- and last may be specified as a number or as a string. A nega-
- tive number is used as an offset to the current history event
+ The first two forms of this command select a range of events
+ from first to last from the history list. The arguments first
+ and last may be specified as a number or as a string. A nega-
+ tive number is used as an offset to the current history event
number. A string specifies the most recent event beginning with
- the given string. All substitutions old=new, if any, are then
+ the given string. All substitutions old=new, if any, are then
performed on the text of the events.
- In addition to the number range,
+ The range of events selected by numbers can be narrowed further
+ by the following flags.
-I restricts to only internal events (not from $HISTFILE)
-L restricts to only local events (not from other shells,
see SHARE_HISTORY in zshoptions(1) -- note that $HISTFILE
is considered local when read at startup)
- -m takes the first argument as a pattern (should be quoted)
- and only the history events matching this pattern are
- considered
+ -m takes the first argument as a pattern (which should be
+ quoted) and only the history events matching this pattern
+ are considered
If first is not specified, it will be set to -1 (the most recent
event), or to -16 if the -l flag is given. If last is not spec-
@@ -43,65 +45,66 @@ fc -ARWI [ filename ]
ename is `-', no editor is invoked. When editing is complete,
the edited command is executed.
- The flag -r reverses the order of the events and the flag -n
- suppresses event numbers when listing.
+ The flag `-s' is equivalent to `-e -'. The flag -r reverses the
+ order of the events and the flag -n suppresses event numbers
+ when listing.
Also when listing,
-d prints timestamps for each event
- -f prints full time-date stamps in the US `MM/DD/YY hh:mm'
+ -f prints full time-date stamps in the US `MM/DD/YY hh:mm'
format
- -E prints full time-date stamps in the European `dd.mm.yyyy
+ -E prints full time-date stamps in the European `dd.mm.yyyy
hh:mm' format
-i prints full time-date stamps in ISO8601 `yyyy-mm-dd
hh:mm' format
- -t fmt prints time and date stamps in the given format; fmt is
- formatted with the strftime function with the zsh exten-
- sions described for the %D{string} prompt format in the
+ -t fmt prints time and date stamps in the given format; fmt is
+ formatted with the strftime function with the zsh exten-
+ sions described for the %D{string} prompt format in the
section EXPANSION OF PROMPT SEQUENCES in zshmisc(1). The
resulting formatted string must be no more than 256 char-
acters or will not be printed
-D prints elapsed times; may be combined with one of the op-
tions above
- `fc -p' pushes the current history list onto a stack and
+ `fc -p' pushes the current history list onto a stack and
switches to a new history list. If the -a option is also speci-
- fied, this history list will be automatically popped when the
- current function scope is exited, which is a much better solu-
+ fied, this history list will be automatically popped when the
+ current function scope is exited, which is a much better solu-
tion than creating a trap function to call `fc -P' manually. If
- no arguments are specified, the history list is left empty,
- $HISTFILE is unset, and $HISTSIZE & $SAVEHIST are set to their
- default values. If one argument is given, $HISTFILE is set to
+ no arguments are specified, the history list is left empty,
+ $HISTFILE is unset, and $HISTSIZE & $SAVEHIST are set to their
+ default values. If one argument is given, $HISTFILE is set to
that filename, $HISTSIZE & $SAVEHIST are left unchanged, and the
- history file is read in (if it exists) to initialize the new
- list. If a second argument is specified, $HISTSIZE & $SAVEHIST
+ history file is read in (if it exists) to initialize the new
+ list. If a second argument is specified, $HISTSIZE & $SAVEHIST
are instead set to the single specified numeric value. Finally,
if a third argument is specified, $SAVEHIST is set to a separate
- value from $HISTSIZE. You are free to change these environment
- values for the new history list however you desire in order to
+ value from $HISTSIZE. You are free to change these environment
+ values for the new history list however you desire in order to
manipulate the new history list.
`fc -P' pops the history list back to an older list saved by `fc
- -p'. The current list is saved to its $HISTFILE before it is
- destroyed (assuming that $HISTFILE and $SAVEHIST are set appro-
- priately, of course). The values of $HISTFILE, $HISTSIZE, and
- $SAVEHIST are restored to the values they had when `fc -p' was
- called. Note that this restoration can conflict with making
+ -p'. The current list is saved to its $HISTFILE before it is
+ destroyed (assuming that $HISTFILE and $SAVEHIST are set appro-
+ priately, of course). The values of $HISTFILE, $HISTSIZE, and
+ $SAVEHIST are restored to the values they had when `fc -p' was
+ called. Note that this restoration can conflict with making
these variables "local", so your best bet is to avoid local dec-
- larations for these variables in functions that use `fc -p'.
- The one other guaranteed-safe combination is declaring these
- variables to be local at the top of your function and using the
- automatic option (-a) with `fc -p'. Finally, note that it is
+ larations for these variables in functions that use `fc -p'.
+ The one other guaranteed-safe combination is declaring these
+ variables to be local at the top of your function and using the
+ automatic option (-a) with `fc -p'. Finally, note that it is
legal to manually pop a push marked for automatic popping if you
need to do so before the function exits.
- `fc -R' reads the history from the given file, `fc -W' writes
- the history out to the given file, and `fc -A' appends the his-
- tory out to the given file. If no filename is specified, the
- $HISTFILE is assumed. If the -I option is added to -R, only
- those events that are not already contained within the internal
- history list are added. If the -I option is added to -A or -W,
- only those events that are new since last incremental ap-
- pend/write to the history file are appended/written. In any
+ `fc -R' reads the history from the given file, `fc -W' writes
+ the history out to the given file, and `fc -A' appends the his-
+ tory out to the given file. If no filename is specified, the
+ $HISTFILE is assumed. If the -I option is added to -R, only
+ those events that are not already contained within the internal
+ history list are added. If the -I option is added to -A or -W,
+ only those events that are new since last incremental ap-
+ pend/write to the history file are appended/written. In any
case, the created file will have no more than $SAVEHIST entries.
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