How do I escape an exclamation mark in bash?
bash
Solution
Exclamation mark is preserved literally when you include it in a single-quoted string.
Example:
git commit -m 'Frustrating <insert object of frustration here>!'
Problem
Sometimes I feel the urge to put some more expressiveness in my git commit messages. Unfortunately bash does not seem to like this. ``` iblue@silence ~/git/wargames $ git commit -m "Frustrating <insert object of frustration here>!" -bash: !": event not found ``` Escaping with a backslash helps, but this includes the backslash in the commit message. How do I escape the exclamation mark in bash correctly?