Is there a way in Bash to recall the argument of the previous command?
I usually do vi file.c
followed by gcc file.c
. Is there a way in Bash to recall the argument of the previous command?
Is there a way in Bash to recall the argument of the previous command?
I usually do vi file.c
followed by gcc file.c
. Is there a way in Bash to recall the argument of the previous command?
You can use $_
or !$
to recall the last argument of the previous command.
Also Alt + .
can be used to recall the last argument of any of the previous commands.
Yes, you can use !$
to recall the last argument of the preceding command.
If the previous command had two arguments, like this
ls a.txt b.txt
and you wanted the first one, you could type
!:1
giving
a.txt
Or if you wanted both, you could type
!:1-2
giving
a.txt b.txt
You can extend this to any number of arguments, eg:
!:10-12
In the command line you can press "esc-dot". It cicles the previous arguments you used.