Shell-fu

[Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker]

David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> writes:

> $ svn add lib/Hlagh/Blagh.pm
> ...
> $ svn commit
> ...
> $ vi !($^*%*$
>
> What line-noise should I type to get the last argument to the command
> two steps back in my history?  Obviously I only care about bash.

I prefer to do it interactively with alt-., which gives you the last
argument to the previous command in your history each time you press it,
so in this case it would be

$ vi <alt-.> <alt-.>

-- 
ilmari
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