[R] History command

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Neil Leonard wrote:

> I was wondering whether there is a command in R similar to the '!' 
> command in unix.

What do you think the `! command in Unix' does?  Your subject line
suggests you are thinking of the history substitution mechanism in a csh
_shell_ (copied for bash).  If that is what you mean, and you are using
Unix with readline enabled, see `man readline' on your system for what is
available (which can often be used to similar effect).  Or (to save the 
inevitable supplementary comment) use ESS if you use Emacs.

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