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Article #230Re: ! history expansion problems
From: Chet Ramey
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:50
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:50
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> How can I disable csh-style history expansion within shell character classes? > For example: > > cp ../skeleton/.[!.]* . > > to set up a user's account. > > As ! here indicates inversion of the character class, I think it > should be added to the set of special cases where it is not expanded > as history. You can use ^ in place of ! to indicate character class inversion. Chet -- ``The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history.'' -- Arthur Schlesinger Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
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Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!odin.ins.cwru.edu!chet From: chet@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) Subject: Re: ! history expansion problems Message-ID: <9207271150.AA08228.SM@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: chet@po.cwru.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: chet@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:50:48 GMT Approved: bug-bash@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 21