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How to pass the 2nd argument to a command from the previous command below ?

# cp ~/longname.txt /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt

Answer

# ls -l !cp:2 ls -l /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt


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How to pass the 2nd argument to a command from the previous command below ?

# cp ~/longname.txt /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt

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How to pass the 2nd argument to a command from the previous command below ?

# cp ~/longname.txt /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt

Answer

# ls -l !cp:2 ls -l /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt

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15 Examples To Master Linux Command Line History
ommand. In the example below, !cp:2 searches for the previous command in history that starts with cp and takes the second argument of cp and substitutes it for the ls -l command as shown below. <span># cp ~/longname.txt /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt # ls -l !cp:2 ls -l /really/a/very/long/path/long-filename.txt In the example below, !cp:$ searches for the previous command in history that starts with cp and takes the last argument (in this case, which is also the second argument as shown above)

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