Maik Beckmann wrote: >> aptitude search !~i~sdoc > > this results in: > $ aptitude search !~i~sdoc > bash: !~i~sdoc: event not found > but > $ aptitude search \!~i~sdoc > works. > > MfG Maik > Yes, to protect the "!" and the "~" from any shell expansion it should be called like this aptitude search '!~i~sdoc' -- Regards, Jörg-Volker.