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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2011-11-15 05:06:35 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2011-11-15 05:06:35 +0000
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Make "!" an alias for "shell".
* NEWS: Add mention. * cli/cli-cmds.c (init_cli_cmds): Remove xdb_commands condition on adding "!" command, always add it. * cli/cli-decode.c (find_command_name_length): Recognize "!" as a command of length one. doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): Document "!". testsuite/ * gdb.base/shell.exp: New file.
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diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
index 0870782..22ae6ec 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
@@ -1127,11 +1127,16 @@ find_command_name_length (const char *text)
Note that this is larger than the character set allowed when
creating user-defined commands. */
+ /* Recognize '!' as a single character command so that, e.g., "!ls"
+ works as expected. */
+ if (*p == '!')
+ return 1;
+
while (isalnum (*p) || *p == '-' || *p == '_'
/* Characters used by TUI specific commands. */
|| *p == '+' || *p == '<' || *p == '>' || *p == '$'
/* Characters used for XDB compatibility. */
- || (xdb_commands && (*p == '!' || *p == '/' || *p == '?')))
+ || (xdb_commands && (*p == '/' || *p == '?')))
p++;
return p - text;