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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Macro Commands

Keystrokes

Command name

Description

C-x ( or F3 key

start-kbd-macro

Start macro definition.

C-x ) or F4 key

end-kbd-macro

End macro definition.

C-x e or F4 key

call-last-kbd-macro

Execute last macro defined.

M-n C-x e

digit-argument and call-last-kbd-macro

Execute last macro defined n times.

C-u C-x (

universal-argument and start-kbd-macro

Execute last macro defined, then add keystrokes.

(none)

name-last-kbd-macro

Name last macro you created (before saving it).

(none)

insert-kbd-macro

Insert the macro you named into a file.

(none)

load-file

Load macro files you’ve saved and loaded.

(none)

macroname

Execute a keyboard macro you’ve saved.

C-x q

kbd-macro-query

Insert a query in a macro definition.

C-u C-x q

(none)

Insert a recursive edit in a macro definition.

C-M-c

exit-recursive-edit

Exit a recursive edit.

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