Recall history in the middle of a "foreach" entry

[Martin Kraemer]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Russell Cook wrote:
> Can someone tell me if it is possible to recall the line that was entered at 
> the "foreach?" prompt?
> 
> I am able to recall previous commands, but the commands typed during the 
> foreach input are not saved in the history. I am often using the foreach 
> loop to check stuff on our network management server, and would be pleased 
> if there was a way of recalling these commands.

Not after you've hit <RETURN>, but what I sometimes do:

% foreach f ( 1 2 3 )
> echo $f   <= after you've typed this, hit ^A^K^Y <RETURN> to copy the line
>           <= now hit ^Y to paste the previous line
  echo $f   <= now ready to edit and modify...
> end

Just my $.02

   Martin
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