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Re: using command number in octave:1>
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David Grundberg |
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Re: using command number in octave:1> |
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Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:04:11 +0200 |
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David Grundberg skrev:
> Hi,
>
> when you start Octave, it shows you a prompt, like this:
>
> octave:1>
>
> That follows from PS1, set to '\s:\#> '. I read the docs and \# is
> apparently called the "command number". (Not the same concept as
> "history number".)
>
> I searched for command number in the bash manual and in the readline
> user manual, but I can't find what use it has. Can I feed it back into
> readline? Can I use it to reference previous commands?
>
> David
Seriously, nobody knows what that number is there for and how you use it?
David
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