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How do I run a command from the screen?
Below are the most basic steps for getting started with screen:
- On the command prompt, type screen .
- Run the desired program.
- Use the key sequence Ctrl-a + Ctrl-d to detach from the screen session.
- Reattach to the screen session by typing screen -r .
Which command cancels the last executed command?
_______command cancels the effects of the last executed undo command .
How to get the result of the last command?
Another option is to use cat <<<$grab instead. By saying “I’d like to be able to use the result of the last executed command in a subsequent command”, I assume – you mean the result of any command, not just find. If thats the case – xargs is what you are looking for.
How to automatically capture output of Last Command?
To clarify, I don’t want to assign things manually. What I’m after is something like built-in bash variables, e.g. $_ holds the last argument of the previous command. I want something similar, but with the output of the last command. Seth’s answer has worked quite well. Couple of things to bear in mind:
How to capture the last chunk of a command?
Then if you set $PROMPT_COMMAND to output a delimiter, you can write a helper function (maybe called _) that gets you the last chunk of that log, so you can use it like: You could set up the following alias in your bash profile: Then, by typing ‘s’ after an arbitrary command you can save the result to a shell variable ‘it’.
What to do with the last command in Bash?
Set this bash environmental variable and issues commands as desired. $LAST will usually have the output you are looking for: startide seth> fortune Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. — William Congreve startide seth> echo “$LAST” Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.