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@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
.\" Chet Ramey
.\" Information Network Services
.\" Case Western Reserve University
-.\" chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
+.\" chet.ramey@case.edu
.\"
-.\" Last Change: Thu Aug 12 22:24:41 EDT 2010
+.\" Last Change: Thu Thu Jun 27 10:34:44 EDT 2013
.\"
-.TH HISTORY 3 "2010 August 12" "GNU History 6.2"
+.TH HISTORY 3 "2013 June 27" "GNU History 6.3"
.\"
.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
.\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ starting with
.TP
.B !?\fIstring\fR\fB[?]\fR
Refer to the most recent command
-preceding the current postition in the history list
+preceding the current position in the history list
containing
.IR string .
The trailing \fB?\fP may be omitted if
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ The \fIn\fRth word.
The first argument. That is, word 1.
.TP
.B $
-The last argument.
+The last word. This is usually the last argument, but will expand to the
+zeroth word if there is only one word in the line.
.TP
.B %
The word matched by the most recent `?\fIstring\fR?' search.
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ bfox@gnu.org
.PP
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
.br
-chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
+chet.ramey@case.edu
.SH BUG REPORTS
If you find a bug in the
.B history
@@ -669,4 +670,4 @@ newsgroup
.PP
Comments and bug reports concerning
this manual page should be directed to
-.IR chet@ins.CWRU.Edu .
+.IR chet.ramey@case.edu .