! | Use ! to repeat the last command typed at the keyboard. Use | to replace a string from the last command with a new string. The syntax is the same as in csh: "|old-string|replacement" For example: ^c< 10P 10M > tell rasmusse Hi there, how are you?^n ^yNo-one by that name here.^n ^c< 10P 10M > |rasmusse|rasmussen^n ^yYou tell Rasmussen, 'Hi there, how are you?'^n ^c< 10P 10M > |you|you doing|^n ^yYou tell Rasmussen, 'Hi there, how are you doing?'^n ^WSee also: ALIAS^n