Package: bash Version: 3.2-4 Severity: normal Hello,
when using the [ \t]* pattern in HISTIGNORE to ignore all command beginning with a space, commands that begin with t won't be saved. Example: $ export HISTIGNORE="&:[bf]g:exit:[ \t]*:history*" $ tar --help $ history|tail This prevent the use of this pattern but can also have an impact on all patterns that include \... Maybe someone could imagine a test for that. Best regards, Michel -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 4.0.4 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.28.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: pn bash-completion <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]