Developing Complex Pipelines Using Command-Line Editing
Command-line editing enables you to do much more than just correct mistakes on the command line. It allows you to reliably build up complex pipelines on the command line that would not be possible or safe any other way. Let me demonstrate this in an example from real life.
The lpstat command shows print requests that I have submitted but that are still in the queue waiting to be printed:
$ lpstat p215-2422 stevemor 1448 Sep 09 19:39 p104-2426 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:37 p104-2427 stevemor 5347 Sep 11 09:37 p215-2431 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:37 p215-2432 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:38 p215-2433 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:38 p215-2436 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:46 p215-2437 stevemor 29 Sep 11 09:46 ...
The lpstat ...
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