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How do I repeat the last bash command with some text pre-pended to the front of it.
So if the previous command was:
$ ls /somedir
I want to run the following command utilizing the bash history to prevent retyping / copy & pasting:
$ sudo /somedir
Bonus, how about appending?
For sudo you can re-run the same command as above by using the double bang syntax.
ls /somedir
sudo !!
will run sudo ls /somedir
If you just want to use the same path then use !$
ls /somedir
ls -l !$
will run ls -l /somedir
Finally you can re-run commands from history by using ctrl+r to run a reverse-i-search of your bash history.
