On 09/29/2010 06:58 PM, Galen Seitz wrote:
> Michael Rasmussen wrote:
>>      $ mkdir -p /another/path/on/another/partition/
>>      $ mv /one/long/path/on/a/partition/file !!$
>
> !!$ can be shortened to !$

I'm not sure if anyone has explained yet that these !-variables have to 
do with bash's history. I read this article recently on bash history and 
found it to be quite good:

http://symkat.com/90/understanding-bash-history/

You can do some pretty cool stuff with your bash history.

Enjoy,

Scott

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Scott Garman
sgarman at zenlinux dot com
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