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   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Ivan Shmakov   wrote:   
   ...   
   >	It's also possible to disable history substitution altogether   
   >	with 'set +H'.   
   >   
   >	I believe this behavior is rather confusing to new users, and   
   >	given that C-r (reverse-search-history) and cursor keys already   
   >	offer a comparable feature, and one likely to fit better with   
   >	user's prior experience at that, my suggestion would be to   
   >	have it disabled by default.   
      
   I agree.  The ! thing was brought over into bash from (t)csh and it is   
   pretty universally a bad idea.  In fact, the rules for how it is handled   
   are even more confusing in bash than they are in (t)csh.  I can never tell   
   from looking at it whether or not it is going to try to trigger a history   
   expansion or not.   
      
   I may do as you suggest and disable it globally in my bash shells.   
      
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