Re: ! in PS1 in posix mode

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: ! in PS1 in posix mode
Date	2015-10-11 09:47 -0400
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 10/11/15 1:37 AM, isabella parakiss wrote:
> In posix mode, bash replaces ! in my PS1 with the history number.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_05_03

"The shell shall replace each instance of the character '!' in PS1 with
the history file number of the next command to be typed."


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