! history expansion problems

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1 total messages Started by Peter Chubb Fri, 24 Jul 1992 03:26

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Author: Peter Chubb
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 03:26

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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.



			Regards,

				- Peter Chubb

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