Reference: fc
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:58:45Z

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| Chapter 4 The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell |

## fc

    fc [options] [first [last]]
    fc  -e  - [old=new] [command]

Korn shell only. Display or edit commands in the history list. (Use only one of -l or -e.) fc provides capabilities similar to the C shell's history and ! syntax. `first` and `last` are numbers or strings specifying the range of commands to display or edit. If `last` is omitted, fc applies to a single command (specified by `first`). If both `first` and `last` are omitted, fc edits the previous command or lists the last 16. The second form of fc takes a history `command`, replaces `old` string with `new` string, and executes the modified command. If no strings are specified, `command` is just re-executed. If no `command` is given either, the previous command is re-executed. `command` is a number or string like `first`. See examples under "Command History."

### Options

-e [`editor`]

  Invoke `editor` to edit the specified history commands. The default `editor` is set by shell variable FCEDIT.

-e -

  Execute (or redo) a history command; refer to second syntax line above.

-l

  List the specified command or range of commands, or list the last 16.

-n

  Suppress command numbering from the -l listing.

-r

  Reverse the order of the -l listing.

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