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Originally Posted by rockdalinux Code: command-name Run the last command-name Code: !!

I loathe 'features' that cause a key that normally prints a character to do something else. When I press !, I want ! to appear, dammit!

I remove its special meaning by clearing the histchars variable:

Code:

histchars=

To search history I use either ^R (reverse-i-search) or up-arrow, which I have bound to history-search-backward. This will find previous commands beginning with whatever I have already typed on the command
line.