Recall argument of previous command

!!:n where n is the 0-based position of the argument you want.
The ! prefix is used to access previous commands.

Other useful commands:

!$ - last argument from previous command

!^ - first argument (after the program/built-in/script) from previous command

$_ - recall the last argument of the previous command.

!! - previous command (often pronounced "bang bang")

!n - command number n from history

!pattern - most recent command matching pattern

!!:s/find/replace - last command, substitute find with replace

Also, if you want an arbitrary argument, you can use !!:1, !!:2, etc. (!!:0 is the previous command itself.)

For example:

echo 'one' 'two'

# "one two"

echo !!:2

# "two"

If you know the number given in the history for a particular command, you can pretty much take any argument in that command using following terms.
Use following to take the second argument from the third command in the history,
!3:2

Use following to take the third argument from the fifth last command in the history,
!-5:3
Using a minus sign, you ask it to traverse from the last command of the history.

Auteur : Harlok

2019-05-13 17:35:15

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