swapping off the panels: question

[Nerijus Baliunas]

PR> > cd "`echo -e
'\057\155\156\164\057\146\151\162\145\142\141\154\154\057\156\145\164\142\157\170'`"
PR> >
PR> > and many others in the bash history, whereas I've never typed such a command!
PR> 
PR> You forgot to mention the version of bash.  Don't expect everybody to go
PR> to the SuSE site to check what bash it uses.

On my system (RH 7.1) it's bash-2.04-21.

PR> This command should not appear in bash history, because it's prefixed with
PR> space and HISTCONTROL=ignorespace is set in the subshell.
PR> 
PR> By the what, what does the following command show in the subshell:
PR> 
PR> echo $HISTCONTROL

ignorespace

Regards,
Nerijus