Sitaram Chamarty wrote: > Cool thanks! Tantalisingly, it also says "nth" arg, but I can't > figure out how to give it that "n" (when n != 1). However, it seems > I can do this with M-. -- I just prefix an M-1 before the > M-. (thought my terminal does get messed up; probably because I have > a very complex bash prompt with colors and all...)
You have probably tripped into bash FAQ number E3. Easy to fix. Bob