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.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shell.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shell.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce1223d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shell.exp
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+# Copyright 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Test that the shell and ! commands work.
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+
+gdb_test "shell echo foo" "foo"
+
+gdb_test "! echo foo" "foo"
+gdb_test "!echo foo" "foo"