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Re: ! in PS1 in posix mode


From: Linda Walsh
Subject: Re: ! in PS1 in posix mode
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:28:42 -0700
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Chet Ramey wrote:
On 10/11/15 1:37 AM, isabella parakiss wrote:
In posix mode, bash replaces ! in my PS1 with the history number.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_05_03

"The shell shall replace each instance of the character '!' in PS1 with
the history file number of the next command to be typed."

I've never seen that -- even when my prompt has
! in it...maybe it's cause I have histexpand 'off'?





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