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Especially since it fits nicely into a mental model that includes !*, !^, !$, !-2 and such. ^something^somethingelse is also useful. And the sudo !! pattern is
by curun1r 1y ago
Especially since it fits nicely into a mental model that includes !*, !^, !$, !-2 and such. ^something^somethingelse is also useful.
And the sudo !! pattern is something I do even when I realize that I need root ahead of time. There’s something about hitting enter on a command that makes me realize I’ve made a mistake, so doing that before I’ve granted root permissions is helpful. Up/ctrl-p are more awkward to use this way.
- brigandish 1y agoI also like typing `!:` (in zsh) and hitting tab and getting some helpful hints: $ !: & -- repeat substitution A -- as ':a', then resolve symlinks P -- realpath, resolve '..' physically Q -- strip quotes a -- absolute path, resolve '..' lexically c -- PATH search for command e -- leave only extension g -- globally apply s or & h -- head - strip trailing path element l -- lower case all words p -- print without executing q -- quote to escape further substitutions r -- root - strip suffix s -- substitute string t -- tail - strip directories u -- upper case all words x -- quote words, breaking on whitespace