Linux bash use arguments of previous command

In previous post we seen about reusing command line history.

Now I will explain about how to reuse previous command arguments.

With following command I am listing directory a b c d e

$ ls a b c d e

!$ is to use last argument of previous command.

Example:

$ ls !$

Above command will list directory e.

!:1 is to use first argument of previous command.

Example:

$ ls !:1

Above command will list directory a.

!:2 is to use second argument of previous command.

Example:

$ ls !:2

Above command will list directory b.

Similarly we can get other arguments.

We can generalize this as !:n where n is argument position and n start from 1 to and so on…

-Sany

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