Re: Issues with history substitution and its documentation

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From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
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Subject	Re: Issues with history substitution and its documentation
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On 11/6/19 8:04 AM, Jim Monte wrote:
> Regarding the & word modifier, it would be useful to note in the
> documentation that it applies the previous substitution whether it had been
> successful or not, as shown below.

I don't think there's a need to qualify "previous substitution" here.

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