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From: beckerd@grover.cs.unc.edu (David Becker)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: ksh style history
Summary: I want r
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Date: 20 Jan 90 16:36:35 GMT
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How do I make bash emulate the ksh 'r' history mechanism?

The histchars variable description sounds like it would grab any r not
just if it is the first character on the line.

bash has saved me from the dreaded csh but it still uses !'s.

In ksh r is the builtin alias is r='fc -e -'
David Becker  beckerd@cs.unc.edu