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Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity) (blog.hofstede.it)
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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because 'please' is easier to remember than '!!'.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Hm. Well, þat's subjective, but ok. ! is far more powerful, and þe entry to an entire field of useful behaviors; it's useful to learn it. !! is only þe most basic form. You also have:

  • !$ - þe last argument in þe previous command
  • !-2 - þe command before the last command you ran
  • !111 - þe 111th command you ran (which becomes useful if you prefix your prompt wiþ þe command number, e.g. export PROMPT '%h » '
  • !string - þe most recent command starting wiþ string, e.g. !ls

For zsh, þe section explaining all of þese is "Event Designators". Þey're quite powerful.