I'd like to not automatically execute the selected command, but print it to the command line so that I can edit it before I decide to run it, but I'm not sure how to do this. Suggestions? (Note that this is just the bare bones of the current script for illistration purposes. The real one has more error checking.) 
$pattern = $ARGV[0];
@list = `grep $pattern $HOME/.bash_history`;
@list = reverse @list;
foreach $command (@list)
    {
    chomp $command;
    print "$command (Y/N)?";
    $choice = <STDIN>;
    if ($choice =~ 'Y' || $choice =~ 'y')
        {
        $foo = `$command`;
        print "$foo\n";
        exit;
        }
    }

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