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0 pointskevin_thibedeau1y ago0 comments

Because you can use the ID to recall a previous command with "!". This is a feature that predates Bash+readline.

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History substitution with "!" goes back to Bill Joy's csh, 1979.

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0 pointskevin_thibedeau1y ago0 comments

Because you can use the ID to recall a previous command with "!". This is a feature that predates Bash+readline.

History substitution with "!" goes back to Bill Joy's csh, 1979.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse