Reuse arguments from last command

Posted on 22 Mar, 2022
Get all of the arguments:
<command> !*
Get only the last argument:
<command> !$
Get nth arguments
If you want a single argument from a list of arguments from the previous command, you can use !!:
Example:
ls foo/ bar/ baz/
ls !:2 # Gives the results of ls bar/
ls foo/ bar/ baz/
ls !:1 # Gives the results of ls foo/
Index of shortcuts:
!^      first argument
!$      last argument
!*      all arguments
!:2     second argument
​
!:2-3   second to third arguments
!:2-$   second to last arguments
!:2*    second to last arguments
!:2-    second to next to last arguments
​
!:0     the command
!!      repeat the previous line
Keyboard shortcuts
<command> Esc.: To get last argument of previous command

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