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Re: using command number in octave:1>
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Jaroslav Hajek |
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Re: using command number in octave:1> |
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Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:20:26 +0200 |
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:04 PM, David Grundberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> David Grundberg skrev:
>> Hi,
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>> when you start Octave, it shows you a prompt, like this:
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>> octave:1>
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>> 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".)
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>> 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
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> Seriously, nobody knows what that number is there for and how you use it?
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It's just a counter that is auto-incremented with each non-erroneous
expression. I don't think there's any other usage.
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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek, PhD
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz