Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 02:06:50AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sunday 08 April 2001 08:48, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > Taking a breath of humid air: > > > > > > Let's say I have a file "commands.list" w

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-08 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 02:06:50AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Sunday 08 April 2001 08:48, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Command Substitution: > > > > $ cat > df > > ls > > uptime > > EOF > > > > $ $( grep df cmd.lst ) > > > > QED. > > Not quite QED (tho quite close). Wh

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-08 Thread csj
On Sunday 08 April 2001 08:48, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Friday 06 April 2001 03:04, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 06:47:53AM +0800, csj > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > wrote: > > > > On Wednesd

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-07 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 11:17:28AM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj wrote: > > I would extract the first command (1) from "commands.list" by typing > > > > grep "www.foo.org" > > > > which would of course print to the default stdout, e.g. the terminal. > > End of

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-07 Thread CaT
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj wrote: > I would extract the first command (1) from "commands.list" by typing > > grep "www.foo.org" > > which would of course print to the default stdout, e.g. the terminal. > End of story. That's all I get. But if there's some way to "pipe" or > "

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:38:11AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Friday 06 April 2001 03:04, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 06:47:53AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:41, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > csj ([EMAIL PROTECT

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-07 Thread csj
On Friday 06 April 2001 03:04, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 06:47:53AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:41, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the > >

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-06 Thread David Wright
Quoting Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com): > > > csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of > > > > a mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which contains > > > > command sequences which I would like to touch up before runni

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 06:47:53AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:41, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of > > > a mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-04 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:40:32PM -0400, Chris Matta wrote: > ... > c> Hmm, does this really mean I have to really vi? Actually I was > c> thinking of something like "cat file.txt > /dev/ttyX" which however > c> pastes the thing not just on the screen but on the command line > c> itself. Is the

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-04 Thread csj
On Wednesday 04 April 2001 09:41, Karsten M. Self wrote: > csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of > > a mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which contains > > command sequences which I would like to touch up before running. > >

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:50:56AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of a > mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which contains command > sequences which I would like to touch up before running. > > I don't want to use

Re: pasting text into bash without use of mouse

2001-04-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:50:56AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is there a way to copy or paste text into bash without the use of a > mouse? I'm thinking of a text file "file.txt" which contains command > sequences which I would like to touch up before running. > > I don't want to use