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Reuse and expand the shell history in `sh`, Bash, Zsh, `rbash`, and `ksh`. See also: `^`.

Examples (8)

Substitute with the previous command and run it with `sudo`

sudo !!

Substitute with a command based on its line number found with `history`

!number

Substitute with a command that was used a specified number of lines back

!-number

Substitute with the most recent command that starts with a string

!string

Substitute with all of the arguments of the latest command

command !*

Substitute with the last argument of the latest command

command !$

Substitute with the last command but without the last argument

!:-

Print last command that starts with a string without executing it

!string:p