On 12/17/13, 11:46 AM, Josh Harding wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' > -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include > -I./lib -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe > -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 > -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin' > -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.bashrc' > -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' > uname output: Linux astro 3.12.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Dec 12 > 12:57:31 CET 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.2 > Patch Level: 45 > Release Status: release > > Description: > History substitution fails after a semi-colon and pound sign > on a command line.
The `#' is the history comment character. Readline doesn't let double quote characters quote the comment character. It never has; I will have to think about whether or not it should. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/