1 files changed, 82 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/readline/examples/histexamp.c b/readline/examples/histexamp.c
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+++ b/readline/examples/histexamp.c
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+main ()
+{
+  char line[1024], *t;
+  int len, done = 0;
+
+  line[0] = 0;
+
+  using_history ();
+  while (!done)
+    {
+      printf ("history$ ");
+      fflush (stdout);
+      t = fgets (line, sizeof (line) - 1, stdin);
+      if (t && *t)
+        {
+          len = strlen (t);
+          if (t[len - 1] == '\n')
+            t[len - 1] = '\0';
+        }
+
+      if (!t)
+        strcpy (line, "quit");
+
+      if (line[0])
+        {
+          char *expansion;
+          int result;
+
+          using_history ();
+
+          result = history_expand (line, &expansion);
+          if (result)
+            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", expansion);
+
+          if (result < 0 || result == 2)
+            {
+              free (expansion);
+              continue;
+            }
+
+          add_history (expansion);
+          strncpy (line, expansion, sizeof (line) - 1);
+          free (expansion);
+        }
+
+      if (strcmp (line, "quit") == 0)
+        done = 1;
+      else if (strcmp (line, "save") == 0)
+        write_history ("history_file");
+      else if (strcmp (line, "read") == 0)
+        read_history ("history_file");
+      else if (strcmp (line, "list") == 0)
+        {
+          register HIST_ENTRY **the_list;
+          register int i;
+
+          the_list = history_list ();
+          if (the_list)
+            for (i = 0; the_list[i]; i++)
+              printf ("%d: %s\n", i + history_base, the_list[i]->line);
+        }
+      else if (strncmp (line, "delete", 6) == 0)
+        {
+          int which;
+          if ((sscanf (line + 6, "%d", &which)) == 1)
+            {
+              HIST_ENTRY *entry = remove_history (which);
+              if (!entry)
+                fprintf (stderr, "No such entry %d\n", which);
+              else
+                {
+                  free (entry->line);
+                  free (entry);
+                }
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "non-numeric arg given to `delete'\n");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}