Place the argument of the most recent command on the shell
cp file.txt /var/www/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/
You can put that argument on your command line by holding down the ALT key and pressing the period '.' or by pressing <ESC> then the period '.'. For example:
cd 'ALT+.'
would put '/var/www/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ as my argument. Keeping pressing 'ALT+.' to cycle through arguments of your commands starting from most recent to oldest. This can save a ton of typing.
8 Alternatives + Submit Alt
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24<ESC> .
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After executing a command with multiple arguments like cp ./temp/test.sh ~/prog/ifdown.sh you can paste any argument of the previous command to the console, like ls -l ALT+1+. is equivalent to ls -l ./temp/test.sh ALT+0+. stands for command itself ('ls' in this case) Simple ALT+. cycles through last arguments of previous commands.
13<ALT>+<.> or <ALT>+<NUM>+<.> or <ALT>+<NUM>,<ALT>+<.> -
12<ALT> .
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This works if your terminal is in Vi mode
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<Esc> _Or to choose arg and _ to activate:<Alt>+<num>, _zle -N copy-earlier-wordbindkey '^[,' copy-earlier-wordand you have \e, to copy the previous word from the *current* command-line, and numeric prefices upon that, and the ability to mess around with long paths gets much easier.<Esc> _doesn't seem to work for me.