On Sat, Jun 12 2021, Đoàn Trần Công Danh wrote: > + { test "x$1" = "x!" && test $# = 1 ; } > [...] > + if test "x$1" = "x!" We don't use this test idiom in other places, it's OK to just use "$1" = "!". I think we're past whatever portability concern made that popular in some older shell code in the wild.