Thanks, that works!

On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 7:03 PM Sebastian Gniazdowski <sgniazdowski@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 16:47, Sylvia Gough <q0h8xdveje@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > Now if I type `echo \b` the string `echo ^H$` is printed (i.e. `\b` was
> > replaced by `^H`).
> > This does not happen when using `fc -nl -1`.
> >
> > How  can I get the same inside `preexec`?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> It is the echo in the hook that does the conversion \b -> ^H. Use -E
> option with echo to prevent this.
>
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