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fc -- Command Edit and re-execute one or more previous commands fc [-e editor] [-ln] [first [last]] fc, the ``fix command'', is a command built into the Korn shell ksh. It permits you to edit and re-execute one or more commands that have been executed previously. fc selects commands first through last and inserts them into a text editor. You can edit the commands in the editor; exiting from the editor re- executes the commands. first and last can be addressed either by the command's number (the first command issued to the shell is number one, the second is number two, and so on), or by a string that matches the beginning of the command. When called without a last variable, the command selects just first. Option -l prints the commands on the standard output rather than buffering the commands for editing and re-execution. Option -n suppresses the default command numbers. fc uses the editor named in the environmental variable FCEDIT; if this variable is not set, it uses MicroEMACS. The option -e lets you select another editor. See Also commands, FCEDIT, ksh