On 2/13/10 6:03 PM, Rajeev V. Pillai wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
> -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O3
> -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -mfpmath=sse -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -pipe
> uname output: Linux athlon.localdomain 2.6.32.8 #1 PREEMPT Wed Feb 10
> 08:06:34 IST 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.1
> Patch Level: 2
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When ``shopt -s extglob'' is set, bash-4.1 does not substitute the
> complete extended glob pattern when !$ is used to recall it.
Thanks for the report. The history library actually understands very
little shell syntax. Readline-6.2 will do a slightly better job.
Chet
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