Comments on: Linux Bang Commands

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:12:29 +0000

This isn’t Linux, this is BASH. BASH has been ported to a *number* of UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. These “tricks” will work on any system that has BASH available.

By: Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:42:59 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I’ll try and revise the post later to add those.

By: Eric Wendelin

Eric Wendelin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:37:31 +0000

Also don’t forget that “!?foo” will run the last command *containing* foo. Oh, and a supplement to “!!” would be “!-2″, “!-3″ etc which will run the 2nd-to-last and 3rd-to-last command, respectively.

By: Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:00:51 +0000

commandlinefu.com looks fun. I’ll have to spend some time on it. Thanks

By: Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:58:27 +0000

That is awesome. I had no idea what you were talking about until a quick google. I think this new find requires some testing. Thanks for the comment.

By: Renatus

Renatus — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:47:14 +0000

Don’t forget the fork bomb at all:
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By: Useful Linux Bang Commands | _mindMeld

Useful Linux Bang Commands | _mindMeld — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:40:38 +0000

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By: juan

juan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:25:24 +0000

!!:gs/A/B/

…basically means “repeat the previous command, but replace A with B, all occurrences”, as opposed to

^A^B

…which will only replace the first occurrence.

(I quite like this site: commandlinefu.com)

By: REVERT TO CONSOLE › Linux Banging

REVERT TO CONSOLE › Linux Banging — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:18:14 +0000

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By: Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:37:36 +0000

Thanks for commenting. If you just type !$ by itself then it will run the last word of the previous command. I realize that it is meant to be used in substitutions and I think I portray that in the examples that follow. Just in case nobody makes it that far I’ve changed my wording a bit.