On Sunday May 3 2009, Jim Henderson wrote:
On Sun, 03 May 2009 10:06:36 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
It is not. ! is the history access introducer. It is interpreted outside of quotes and inside double-quote strings but not inside single-quote strings.
Yes, I am fully aware of that. However that is the only place "!" is on the line, so for some reason it's being interpreted that way.
Being interpreted what way? It was used incorrectly and a diagnostic resulted.
Yes, but for some reason it was picked up and interpreted in a way that caused the diagnostic.
This is nonsensical. The ! was followed by a character not allowed in history expansions. That is why BASH rejected the command line and printed a diagnostic.
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Is there some particular reason you wish to argue about this? Or can we move on?
You can do whatever you please, but I feel the need to correct false information on this list. So as long as you keep posting misinformation, I'm going to keep correcting it.
Jim
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