Re: history expansion

Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:53:17 +0200
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On 2026-07-14 13:06:17 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My problem was more with things like
> >
> >   echo "foo!"
> 
> You probably know this: history expansion takes place inside "..." but
> not inside '...'.

Perhaps I should have asked whether anyone relies on history expansion
inside double quotes (it is supported by bash, but differently, e.g.
no history expansion with the above command in bash).

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