% UNDO(1) undo user manual % Wei Dai [email protected] % Jul 09, 2012

NAME

undo - undo shell commands

SYNOPSIS

undo [-i|-p] command [arguments ...]

-i   confirm before executing
-p   only print the reverse command

DESCRIPTION

Undo generates and executes reverse commands according to the command passed in.

EXAMPLES

# 1. With help from history substitution
undo !!
undo !-2
undo -i !tar

# 2. With help from command history
# Use your favorite way to navigate to the target command
# Insert "undo" in front of the target command
# Hit enter

NOTES

Undo supports or partially supports the following commands:

cp mv mkdir rmdir tar git gzip gunzip

Undo cannot undo commands that does not have reverse commands.

Undo must be called in the same directory the target command was executed.

Undo does not and cannot access your shell command history. You should use history functionalities provided by your shell to pass the target command to undo.

Undo sources undo recipes from "/etc/undo_recipes" or "$HOME/undo_recipes" if found.

Undo is alpha software, it is suggested that you use the below alias:

alias undo='undo -i'

CONTRIBUTING

Undo is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/clvv/undo

COPYING

Undo is licensed under the "MIT/X11" license.