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What is the usage of "!" ??????
Andrew
What is the usage of "!" ??????
Andrew
In what context?
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In a couple of apps (rams still mentioned ftp) it is the shell escape (ex, ed, vi, etc.).
rams, in c) you asume csh, tcsh or something similar ;-)
rams, in c) you asume csh, tcsh or something similar ;-)
! is also often a history operator in debuggers and similar applications. In the csh, it is also a negation operator. I'll bet that we haven't exhausted all the possibilities yet.