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.
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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
string
:
!{{string}}
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