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Re:Bash PS1 Generator by _eigenfoo on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:58AM (#27618571)
What do you use the history count for?
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Re:Bash PS1 Generator by compressedgas on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:08AM (#27618725)
That tells one the index to use for !N to repeat that command

!! repeats the last command

!N repeats the command with that index in the history

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