echo foo bar foobar barfoo
First argument:
echo !$
echo barfoo
barfoo
(Note that typing echo foo bar foobar barfoo && echo !$, bash substitute !$ with $:1)
Last argument:
echo foo bar foobar barfoo && echo !^
echo foo bar foobar barfoo && echo barfoo
foo bar foobar barfoo
barfoo
All the arguments:
echo !*
echo foo bar foobar barfoo
foo bar foobar barfoo
The third argument:
echo foo bar foobar barfoo && echo !:3
echo foo bar foobar barfoo && echo foobar
foo bar foobar barfoo
foobar
You may want to add {} for large numbers: echo !:{11} for example
Now with path:
echo /usr/bin/foobar
/usr/bin/foobar
For the head:
echo !$:h
echo /usr/bin
/usr/bin
And the tail:
echo !$:t
echo foobar
foobar
You also may want to try !:h and !:t or !!3-4 for the third and the fourth (so !!:* == !!:1-$)
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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