Mark Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anyone know of a method to easily solve this ... > >I *sometimes* list the files before deleting them: > > ls A*.pdf > >Ensuring I have only listed the ones I wish to delete, I then enter: > > rm A*.pdf > >Great, but anyone know of an easier why than the following?
You can repeat the last argument of the previous command using Meta-. (on some terminals Alt-. works to type that, although Escape-. works pretty much everywhere). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]