bash: reuse last argument from previous command
January 14th, 2011
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Reuse the last argument of the previous command with !$:
$ echo abc def abc def $ echo !$ def
A common use case would be mkdir and cd:
$ mkdir foo $ cd !$
You can also insert the last argument of the previous command and continue typing with <ESC>.:
$ echo abc def abc def $ echo <ESC>. ghi def ghi
Oh, the little things… 
