diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/sam/cmd.c b/sys/src/cmd/sam/cmd.c
index 6e8efa094..6d56d268e 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/sam/cmd.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/sam/cmd.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Cmdtab cmdtab[]={
 	'>',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
 	'<',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
 	'|',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
-	'^',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
+	'^',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aNo,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
 	'_',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	plan9_cmd,
 	'=',	0,	0,	0,	0,	aDot,	0,	linex,	eq_cmd,
 	'c'|0x100,0,	0,	0,	0,	aNo,	0,	wordx,	cd_cmd,
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/sam/xec.c b/sys/src/cmd/sam/xec.c
index 9493d54fc..c53bedb8b 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/sam/xec.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/sam/xec.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cmdexec(File *f, Cmd *cp)
 	if(f && f->unread)
 		load(f);
 	if(f==0 && (cp->addr==0 || cp->addr->type!='"') &&
-	    !utfrune("bBnqUXY!", cp->cmdc) &&
+	    !utfrune("bBnqUXY!^", cp->cmdc) &&
 	    cp->cmdc!=('c'|0x100) && !(cp->cmdc=='D' && cp->ctext))
 		error(Enofile);
 	i = lookup(cp->cmdc);