ralf@ark.abg.sub.org (Ralf Stephan) writes:
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>> >    You have to avoid shell expantion by writing :
>> > uucp <name>\!~/Index.Z

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>> Furthermore you may change those meta chars. I recommend to use "," because
>> set histchars =  \,\^      # good idea to have this in the .bashrc resp. .cshrc

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>It might be a Good Idea(tm) to include this line in the SLS distribution.
>Comments?

my comment is that it is NEVER a good idea to obscure the native behavior
of anything for the benefit of a few people who are unwilling (or unable)
to understand the native behavior of an operating system.

it's real simple...depending on which shell you're in, certain characters
have special meanings.  The sooner you learn that, the sooner you don't have
to cook up all kind of silliness to cover your laziness.

Peter...keep '!' meaning what it's SUPPOSED to mean, please.
 

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