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From: =?utf-8?B?56mN5Li55bC8?= Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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Subject: why must bash zap last search string just because we hit ^C?
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:19:20 +0800
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Type ^Racb^C^R^R
(Search backwards for abc, then hit ^C, then try searching backwards
some more using the last search string.)

My problem is why must bash zap the memory of abc just because we hit ^C?