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How do I fix this bash terminal? Why would the '!' suddenly be a problem and the need for quotation marks are no longer seem to be necessary to produce the string. Did I break something? If so how do I reset it to factory setting? I'm sure it was working properly yesterday
Last login: Sat Oct 18 15:30:48 on ttys001
Michels-MacBook-Pro:~ michelfrechette$ echo "hello, world!"
-bash: !": event not found
Michels-MacBook-Pro:~ michelfrechette$ echo hello, world
hello, world
Michels-MacBook-Pro:~ michelfrechette$ echo "hello, world"
hello, world
-bash: !": event not found
, this is curious.