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9Usage: ![<history number>|<history match>]
10  The ! command is used to recall previous commands in your command
11  history for re-execution.  The ! command is unique in that when it
12  is used, it leaves the matching history entry in the input line for
13  re-editing.  You can specify a history entry either by its number
14  in the history list, or by a match with a given wildcard expression.
15  For example:
16    !10
17  will put entry 10 in the history list into the input line.
18  The following:
19    !/MSG
20  will search the history list for a line beginning with /MSG and
21  put it in the input line (an * is implied at the end of /MSG).  When
22  using ! command with a wildcard expression, subsequent uses of
23  the ! command continue their search in the history list from where
24  they left off.  This is reset to the end of the list when a command
25  is executed that adds an entry to the history list. Also, if a
26  wildcard expression is used once, subseqent uses of ! with no
27  expression will use the previous wild card expression.  For example,
28  the following:
29    !/MSG
30    !
31  The first call returns the first match of /MSG in the history list,
32  and the second returns the next match, and so on.
33
34  Lastly, ! may be used in command aliases as well.  When it is
35  embedded in an alias it simply executes the matching history entry
36  without first putting it in the input line for re-editing.
37
38See Also:
39  HISTORY
40