X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS,URI_BLOGSPOT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <2d4e447c0908021840k45e76620nc964c9df6a88d964@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:23:43 +1000 Message-ID: <2d4e447c0908030523o24811500v2defed9ef36a767e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: !! results in -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' From: Robert Mark Bram To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Hi Mark, >> Running "!!" or "!" gives me this: >> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' > > I'm assuming that the previous command you're trying to repeat worked > the first time with no such syntax error... Yeah, sorry - you are right. I tricked myself there! After a while I found.. hey, worked.. didn't work.. wha..? Until I checked more carefully. Rob :) General Blog: http://robertmarkbram.blogspot.com/ Technical Blog: http://robertmarkbramprogrammer.blogspot.com/ Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/robertmarkbram -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple