The Definitive Guide to Bash Command Line History

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Amos Shapira Permalink
June 14, 2008, 13:42

Ah, and also all the mentions of "!:x" not using numbers ("$", "^", "*") do not require the ":", e.g.:

$ echo a b c d
a b c d
$ echo !$
echo d
d

But "echo !2" will print the 2nd command in the history list, not the 2nd argument in the previous command.

All this squeezing out of unnecessary typing adds up when you type in a hurry and many times.

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