Upvote for “sudo !!” No one ever seems to know about “!!” And it’s such a useful command.
I personally found out about it when I wrote a bash script that contained a password with two exclamation marks and I wondered why the last command kept being concatenated to the end of the password.
Also checkout thefuck for fixing other various typos
My install of Endeavour doesn’t have it, and I haven’t been able to figure out what package to install to add it. Also haven’t tried very hard cause it’s just a minor convenience but if anyone knows …
Oooh it’s cause I’m using fish isn’t it? Is there a way to add it?
Had to check since this is something I’ve been wondering myself, but apparently not possible. From the fish FAQ:
Because history substitution is an awkward interface that was invented before interactive line editing was even possible. Instead of adding this pseudo-syntax, fish opts for nice history searching and recall features. Switching requires a small change of habits: if you want to modify an old line/word, first recall it, then edit.
However, for the use case here, with sudo:
As a special case, most of the time history substitution is used as
sudo !!. In that case just press Alt+S, and it will recall your last commandline withsudoprefixed (or toggle asudoprefix on the current commandline if there is anything).
Some people never get to experience the joys of squinting into a screen 4 inches away from your nose to inspect a long ass command. It’s the simple things in life
doas !!
npm install
Vomits kernel
Okay let’s try that one again, from the top
Why does sudo !! never work for me?
Username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported
What she’ll are you using?
I thought I’d tried it in bash, but I think I must have only tried it in fish
