LinuxCommandLibrary

!

Bash builtin to substitute with a command found in history.

TLDR

Substitute with the previous command and run it with sudo

$ sudo !!
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Substitute with a command based on its line number found with history
$ ![number]
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Substitute with a command that was used a specified number of lines back
$ !-[number]
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Substitute with the most recent command that starts with a string
$ ![string]
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Substitute with the arguments of the latest command
$ [command] !*
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