POSIX specifies 'fc -s' as the option to re-execute the command without invoking an editor: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/fc.html Zsh doesn't have this option. This was reported by user doedoe18881 on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/zsh/comments/lkj7l9/fc_s_and_posix_compatibility/ It is an exact equivalent of zsh's 'fc -e -', so adding the option is trivial and the cost is negligible. Here's a patch. - Martijn -- || modernish -- harness the shell || https://github.com/modernish/modernish || || KornShell lives! || https://github.com/ksh93/ksh