tldr/pages/common/!.md

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Exclamation mark

Bash builtin to substitute with a command found in history. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Event-Designators.

  • Substitute with the previous command and run it with sudo:

sudo !!

  • Substitute with a command based on its line number found with history:

!{{number}}

  • Substitute with a command that was used a specified number of lines back:

!-{{number}}

  • Substitute with the most recent command that starts with string:

!{{string}}