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[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

Dave Howorth <dhoworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > I'm not sure I follow you (or I have old settings):
> > $ ls -A
> > [...]
> > up-arrow, edit it to use:
> > $ ls -Af
> > [...]
> > $ history |tail
> > 1010  ls -a
> > 1011  ls -af
> > ...
> >
> > So, this works as expected for me...
>
> I'm deeply concerned about your settings! They've somehow changed ls -A
> into ls -a  :)

I should have copied and paste everything ;)

> On this 9.3 system, that sequence works as expected, but the following
> sequence produces a somewhat unexpected result:

9.3 is ancient and does not even get security fixes anymore...
> $ ls -A
> [...]
> up-arrow, edit it to use:
> $ ls -Af
> [...]
> up-arrow to the ls -Af line and add g to the end
> don't execute it, but up-arrow
> down arrow, the g is there
> don't execute, down-arrow to an empty prompt
> $ history |tail
>  ...
>  1001  ls -A
>  1002* ls -Afg
>  ...
>
> It appears to have completely lost the record of the ls -Af command that
> was executed and instead recorded a command that was never executed.

Yes, happens on my 11.0 system as well - and it looks like this is
intented, it's history editing IMO.

> It is occasionally annoying when I forget about it :(
>
> I've no idea if this occurs on newer systems.


Andreas
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