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bash command reuse

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When you get tired of typing the same argument over and over Alt + . cycles through previous args On the command line you can use substitutions like these > echo 1 2 3 4 # reuse the 3rd argument of previous command > echo !:3 > ls -l /path/to/really/long/dir # last command line argument…

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push and pop your way around the shell

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On the bash shell, it’s helpful for me have a list of directories at my disposal. That way I can easily jump from one directory to another without having to type it all in. Even with tab completion, that’s a pain. Hence pushd. pushd is not well documented, but basically you can push onto a…

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bash, linux/unix