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+shared_examples 'special characters' do
+  describe 'a special character in the buffer' do
+    it 'should be treated like any other character' do
+      with_history('echo "hello*"', 'echo "hello."') do
+        session.send_string('echo "hello*')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "hello*"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "hello?"', 'echo "hello."') do
+        session.send_string('echo "hello?')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "hello?"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "hello\nworld"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "hello\\')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "hello\nworld"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "\\\\"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "\\\\')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "\\\\"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo ~/foo') do
+        session.send_string('echo ~')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo ~/foo')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "$(ls foo)"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "$(')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "$(ls foo)"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "$history[123]"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "$history[')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "$history[123]"')
+        session.send_string('123]')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "$history[123]"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "#yolo"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "#')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "#yolo"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "#foo"', 'echo $#abc') do
+        session.send_string('echo "#')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "#foo"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('echo "^A"', 'echo "^B"') do
+        session.send_string('echo "^A')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('echo "^A"')
+      end
+
+      with_history('-foo() {}') do
+        session.send_string('-')
+        wait_for { session.content }.to eq('-foo() {}')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end