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自动选题: 20191002 7 Bash history shortcuts you will actually use
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[#]: subject: (7 Bash history shortcuts you will actually use)
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[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/19/10/bash-history-shortcuts)
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[#]: author: (Ian Miell https://opensource.com/users/ianmiell)
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7 Bash history shortcuts you will actually use
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======
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Save time on the command line with these essential Bash shortcuts.
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![Command line prompt][1]
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Most guides to Bash history shortcuts exhaustively list every single one available. The problem with that is I would use a shortcut once, then glaze over as I tried out all the possibilities. Then I'd move onto my working day and completely forget them, retaining only the well-known [**!!** trick][2] I learned when I first started using Bash.
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So most of them were never committed to memory.
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This article outlines the shortcuts I _actually use_ every day. It is based on some of the contents of my book, [_Learn Bash the hard way_][3]; (you can read a [preview][4] of it to learn more).
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When people see me use these shortcuts, they often ask me, "What did you do there!?" There's minimal effort or intelligence required, but to really learn them, I recommend using one each day for a week, then moving to the next one. It's worth taking your time to get them under your fingers, as the time you save will be significant in the long run.
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### 1\. The "last argument" one: !$
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If you only take one shortcut from this article, make it this one. It substitutes in the last argument of the last command into your line.
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Consider this scenario:
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$ mv /path/to/wrongfile /some/other/place
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mv: cannot stat '/path/to/wrongfile': No such file or directory
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```
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Ach, I put the **wrongfile** filename in my command. I should have put **rightfile** instead.
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You might decide to retype the last command and replace wrongfile with rightfile completely. Instead, you can type:
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$ mv /path/to/rightfile !$
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mv /path/to/rightfile /some/other/place
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```
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and the command will work.
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There are other ways to achieve the same thing in Bash with shortcuts, but this trick of reusing the last argument of the last command is one I use the most.
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### 2\. The "_n_th argument" one: !:2
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Ever done anything like this?
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$ tar -cvf afolder afolder.tar
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tar: failed to open
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Like many others, I get the arguments to **tar** (and **ln**) wrong more often than I would like to admit.
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[![xkcd comic][5]][6]
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When you mix up arguments like that, you can run:
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$ !:0 !:1 !:3 !:2
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tar -cvf afolder.tar afolder
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and your reputation will be saved.
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The last command's items are zero-indexed and can be substituted in with the number after the **!:**.
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Obviously, you can also use this to reuse specific arguments from the last command rather than all of them.
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### 3\. The "all the arguments" one: !:1-$
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Imagine I run a command like:
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`$ grep '(ping|pong)' afile`
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The arguments are correct; however, I want to match **ping** or **pong** in a file, but I used **grep** rather than **egrep**.
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I start typing **egrep**, but I don't want to retype the other arguments. So I can use the **!:1$** shortcut to ask for all the arguments to the previous command from the second one (remember they’re zero-indexed) to the last one (represented by the **$** sign).
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```
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$ egrep !:1-$
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egrep '(ping|pong)' afile
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ping
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You don't need to pick **1-$**; you can pick a subset like **1-2** or **3-9** (if you had that many arguments in the previous command).
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### 4\. The "last but _n_" one: !-2:$
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The shortcuts above are great when I know immediately how to correct my last command, but often I run commands _after_ the original one, which means that the last command is no longer the one I want to reference.
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For example, using the **mv** example from before, if I follow up my mistake with an **ls** check of the folder's contents:
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$ mv /path/to/wrongfile /some/other/place
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mv: cannot stat '/path/to/wrongfile': No such file or directory
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$ ls /path/to/
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rightfile
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I can no longer use the **!$** shortcut.
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In these cases, I can insert a **-_n_:** (where _**n**_ is the number of commands to go back in the history) after the **!** to grab the last argument from an older command:
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$ mv /path/to/rightfile !-2:$
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mv /path/to/rightfile /some/other/place
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Again, once you learn it, you may be surprised at how often you need it.
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### 5\. The "get me the folder" one: !$:h
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This one looks less promising on the face of it, but I use it dozens of times daily.
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Imagine I run a command like this:
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$ tar -cvf system.tar /etc/system
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tar: /etc/system: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
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tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
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```
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The first thing I might want to do is go to the **/etc** folder to see what's in there and work out what I've done wrong.
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I can do this at a stroke with:
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$ cd !$:h
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cd /etc
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This one says: "Get the last argument to the last command (**/etc/system**) and take off its last filename component, leaving only the **/etc**."
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### 6\. The "the current line" one: !#:1
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For years, I occasionally wondered if I could reference an argument on the current line before finally looking it up and learning it. I wish I'd done so a long time ago. I most commonly use it to make backup files:
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$ cp /path/to/some/file !#:1.bak
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cp /path/to/some/file /path/to/some/file.bak
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but once under the fingers, it can be a very quick alternative to …
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### 7\. The "search and replace" one: !!:gs
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This one searches across the referenced command and replaces what's in the first two **/** characters with what's in the second two.
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Say I want to tell the world that my **s** key does not work and outputs **f** instead:
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$ echo my f key doef not work
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my f key doef not work
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Then I realize that I was just hitting the **f** key by accident. To replace all the **f**s with **s**es, I can type:
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$ !!:gs/f /s /
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echo my s key does not work
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my s key does not work
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It doesn't work only on single characters; I can replace words or sentences, too:
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$ !!:gs/does/did/
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echo my s key did not work
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my s key did not work
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### Test them out
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Just to show you how these shortcuts can be combined, can you work out what these toenail clippings will output?
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```
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$ ping !#:0:gs/i/o
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$ vi /tmp/!:0.txt
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$ ls !$:h
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$ cd !-2:h
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$ touch !$!-3:$ !! !$.txt
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$ cat !:1-$
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### **Conclusion**
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Bash can be an elegant source of shortcuts for the day-to-day command-line user. While there are thousands of tips and tricks to learn, these are my favorites that I frequently put to use.
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If you want to dive even deeper into all that Bash can teach you, pick up my book, [_Learn Bash the hard way_][3] or check out my online course, [Master the Bash shell][7].
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_This article was originally posted on Ian's blog, [Zwischenzugs.com][8], and is reused with permission._
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via: https://opensource.com/article/19/10/bash-history-shortcuts
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作者:[Ian Miell][a]
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选题:[lujun9972][b]
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[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/command_line_prompt.png?itok=wbGiJ_yg (Command line prompt)
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[2]: https://opensource.com/article/18/5/bash-tricks
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[3]: https://leanpub.com/learnbashthehardway
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[4]: https://leanpub.com/learnbashthehardway/read_sample
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[5]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/tar_2x.png (xkcd comic)
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[6]: https://xkcd.com/1168/
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[7]: https://www.educative.io/courses/master-the-bash-shell
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[8]: https://zwischenzugs.com/2019/08/25/seven-god-like-bash-history-shortcuts-you-will-actually-use/
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