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 - <h4 class="subsection">33.1.1 Event Designators</h4>
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 - <p>An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
 - history list.
 - Unless the reference is absolute, events are relative to the current
 - position in the history list.
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 - <dt><code>!</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Start a history substitution, except when followed by a space, tab,
 - the end of the line, or ‘<samp>=</samp>’.
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 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!<var>n</var></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Refer to command line <var>n</var>.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!-<var>n</var></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Refer to the command <var>n</var> lines back.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!!</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Refer to the previous command.  This is a synonym for ‘<samp>!-1</samp>’.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!<var>string</var></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Refer to the most recent command
 - preceding the current position in the history list
 - starting with <var>string</var>.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!?<var>string</var>[?]</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Refer to the most recent command
 - preceding the current position in the history list
 - containing <var>string</var>.
 - The trailing
 - ‘<samp>?</samp>’ may be omitted if the <var>string</var> is followed immediately by
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 - with <var>string2</var>.  Equivalent to
 - <code>!!:s/<var>string1</var>/<var>string2</var>/</code>.
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