Timeline for How to use arguments from previous command?
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| Jun 14, 2022 at 13:57 | comment | added | Lubo Kanev |
There's also !:-2 which gives you everything up until the 2nd argument. In this case echo a b.
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| Sep 29, 2020 at 1:28 | history | bounty ended | Adam Smith | ||
| Nov 22, 2019 at 13:32 | comment | added | 816-8055 | @bbv Also for even more completeness the command '!2' which allows you to access the second entry in the history (if it's still available depending on your history settings). Useful if you display the history number in each prompt. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 8:05 | comment | added | bbv | I liked this answer a lot and just for the completeness sake, I suggest to also add a line telling about '!-2' syntax that allows you to access previous to previous command. | |
| Apr 9, 2017 at 19:39 | history | edited | nonopolarity | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 26, 2016 at 15:35 | comment | added | Charlie Harding |
Is there a way to get the second-last item? i.e. get file3 from mv file1 file2 file3 target/?
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| Aug 12, 2016 at 11:58 | history | edited | rogerdpack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
and add another :)
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| Sep 1, 2015 at 13:46 | history | edited | nonopolarity | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2015 at 13:16 | history | answered | nonopolarity | CC BY-SA 3.0 |