--- On Thu, 21/10/10, Tha.Suresh <[email protected]> wrote: > See The MAN page for the last > command > > $ man !! > > $ man !!:0 > > This works in bash. The "!!:0" limits the argument to man > to be only > the first word of the last command. "!!:1" would be the > second, etc. > > > EX: > > a...@arul-desktop:~$ ls | wc > 17 17 > 153 > a...@arul-desktop:~$ man !!:0 > man ls > > a...@arul-desktop:~$ ls | wc > 17 17 153 > a...@arul-desktop:~$ man !!:1 > man | > > a...@arul-desktop:~$ ls | wc > 17 17 153 > a...@arul-desktop:~$ man !!:2 > man wc
This tip is not limited to man. Actually !! stands for last command. So you can use things like !! - to just repeat last command info !! - to get info pages of last command echo !! - simply echo last command name time !! - rerun the command and get time usage Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
