tldr/pages/common/histexpand.md

history expansion

Reuse and expand the shell history in bash or zsh. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/History-Interaction.html.

• Run the previous command:

!!

• Run the previous command as root:

sudo !!

• Run a command with the last argument of the previous command:

{{command}} !$

• Run a command with the first argument of the previous command:

{{command}} !^

• Run the command n lines back in the history:

!-{{n}}

• Run the most recent command starting with string:

!{{string}}

• Run the previous command, replacing string1 with string2:

^{{string1}}^{{string2}}^

• Perform a history expansion, but print the command that would be run instead of actually running it:

{{!-n}}:p