Improved description and instructions for custom shortcut Iterate through arguments

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Marco D'Agostini 2020-04-03 12:48:48 -05:00
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- **zsh:** `bindkey -L`
# Custom shortcuts
## Iterate through the arguments in a previous command
## Iterate through arguments
*only works in zsh, and probably only Linux*
run or add this to your `~/.zshrc`
### Description
Insert any argument of a previous command by iterating one by one until selection
### Setup Instructions
run this:
autoload -Uz copy-earlier-word
zle -N copy-earlier-word
bindkey "^[:" copy-earlier-word
*(to make this permanent, add it to your `~/.zshrc` and restart shell)*
Now use <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>.</kbd> to go as back as you want, then use <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>:</kbd> to iterate through the arguments
### Example: