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NAME
    fc - Display or execute commands from the history list.

SYNOPSIS
    fc [-e ename] [-lnr] [first] [last] or fc -s [pat=rep] [command]

DESCRIPTION
    Display or execute commands from the history list.
    
    fc is used to list or edit and re-execute commands from the history list.
    FIRST and LAST can be numbers specifying the range, or FIRST can be a
    string, which means the most recent command beginning with that
    string.
    
    Options:
      -e ENAME	select which editor to use.  Default is FCEDIT, then EDITOR,
    		then vi
      -l 	list lines instead of editing
      -n	omit line numbers when listing
      -r	reverse the order of the lines (newest listed first)
    
    With the `fc -s [pat=rep ...] [command]' format, COMMAND is
    re-executed after the substitution OLD=NEW is performed.
    
    A useful alias to use with this is r='fc -s', so that typing `r cc'
    runs the last command beginning with `cc' and typing `r' re-executes
    the last command.
    
    Exit Status:
    Returns success or status of executed command; non-zero if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
    bash(1)

IMPLEMENTATION
    GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
    Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>