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@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ $ vgstash add 'Mario Kart: Double Dash!!' GCN p n
```
Note that we're using single quotes; if we used double quotes, then the `!!`
-would expand to the last command entered into the shell, creating `Mario Kart:
-Double Dash<your last command here>`. Quite different from what you'd expect!
+would expand to the last command entered into the shell, creating
+`Mario Kart: Double Dash<your last command here>`. Quite different from what
+you'd expect!
But what if we, somehow, had both single quotes *and* sequential exclamation
points? Single-quoted strings cannot escape a single quote character. Double
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ quotes; then an escaped single quote for literal output; then `s crazy!!` in
single quotes to avoid the `!!` expansion.
The last option is to disable the feature (history expansion) altogether, though
-you'll miss out on nice stuff like `sudo !!`. In bash, it's disabled with `set
+you'll miss out on nice stuff like `sudo !!`. In bash, it's disabled with `set
+H` or `set +o histexpand`. Change `+` to `-` to turn it back on when you're
done.