Re: sorry--this is my question

[Jan Schampera]

On 22.07.2011 18:12, the mad doctor kaeding wrote:

is this a bug?

echo goodbye\ cruel\ world\!

goodbye cruel world!

echo "goodbye cruel world!"

bash: !": event not found

echo "goodbye cruel world\!"

goodbye cruel world\!

No, this is a specific history expansion in interactive shells.

Execute ''set +H'' and try again (it's disabled in non-interactive shells).


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