Chet Ramey wrote: > I already explained that bash follows csh as closely as possible > in its history expansion implementation.
Well, it doesn't: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> /bin/tcsh hypatia /home/ldo> echo hi there!0 0: Event not found. hypatia /home/ldo> echo "hi there!0" 0: Event not found. hypatia /home/ldo> echo "hi there\!0" hi there!0 hypatia /home/ldo> echo hi there\!0 hi there!0 (Compare the bash output in my bug report.) > This means that backslash doesn't escape the !, and isn't removed. If it doesn't escape the !, then how come the ! doesn't have its usual history-expansion meaning? Either \ acts as an escape or it doesn't, having it part of one and part of the other is an inconsistency. Simple as that.
