I'm running bash 4.4 beta, built from source (bash-4.4-beta.tar.gz) on Linux Mint 17.2.
!! history expansion works correctly in simple cases, but not when part of a $(...) expansion. This problem does not occur with bash 4.3.11 The last error message shown occurred when I typed Esc Ctrl-E (shell-expand-line) after typing "echo $(!!". $ bash --norc bash-4.4$ echo $BASH_VERSION 4.4.0(1)-beta bash-4.4$ echo hello hello bash-4.4$ !! echo hello hello bash-4.4$ echo hello hello bash-4.4$ echo $(!!) bash: !!: command not found bash-4.4$ echo hello hello bash-4.4$ echo $(!!TRACE: pid 3822: xparse_dolparen:17: ep[-1] != RPAREN (33), ep = `' TRACE: pid 3822: xparse_dolparen:17: base[8] != RPAREN (33), base = `echo $(!!' -- Keith Thompson <keith.s.thomp...@gmail.com>
