How to repeat the last part of a previous command?

Question

I'm using zsh with the oh-my-zsh framework of Robby Russell. How can I create a shortcut or something to repeat the last part of a command?

for example, if I type:

mv something in/this/difficult/to/type/directory

is there any way to easily get this: in/this/difficult/to/type/directory?

Answer 1

I just tested and it seems you can do it the same way as in bash: !$.

Answer 2

Wether you are in bash or zsh, you can use the ! operator to recover arguments of your previous command:

If we take: echo a b c d as an example

• !$ - the last argument: d
• !:*- all the arguments: a b c d (can be shorten !*)
• !:1 - the first argument: a (same as !^)
• !:1-3 - arguments from first to third: a b c
• !:2-$ - arguments from the second to the last one: b c d

This last point answer you question, you can take the last part of your command.

Note: !:0 is the last command executed, here it would be echo in our example

Answer 3

!* gives you ALL the arguments of the last command.

Example:

% echo hello world  
hello world

% echo !*  
(expands to)-> % echo hello world
hello world

Answer 4

add bindkey '\e.' insert-last-word to your .zshrc

- sp3ctum, in comment here

Answer 5

!$ gives you the last parameter of the previous command.

Example:

$ echo hello world
hello world
$ echo !$
echo world
world

Answer 6

<esc>. also works out of the box with zsh and oh-my-zsh.

Answer 7

I ran into this too - I've always used Alt. for insert-last-word in bash. Found where oh-my-zsh overrides this.

In lib/key-bindings.zsh, comment out this and it should work like in bash:

bindkey -s '\e.' "..\n"

Answer 8

Just to expand on @Charles Gueunet answer;

• !! - repeats the entire last command

This is useful if you forgot to add sudo to the start of the command. Trivial example:

$ cat /some/root/owned/thing/with/a/long/path
Permission denied
$ sudo !!
here's the conent