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I am a linux user through and through. Desktop, server, vms, containers,
everything except my phone is linux. With this I spend a lot of time in the
terminal, and have been a long time user of !! to rerun the last command, but
with the ability to tack something on at the beginning or end.
TIL about fc, which opens the last command in your shell history in your
$EDITOR or pass in your editor -e nvim.
Rcap of how !! works #
!! pronounces bang bang and will run the last command in your history.
ls -l !! | wc -l # ls -l | wc -l sudo !! # sudo ls -l | wc -l !!:s/-l/-l \/tmp # sudo ls -l /tmp | wc -l
fc enters the chat #
Now making complex edits in your shell can be a bit of a chore, so fc moves
this work to your $EDITOR.
fc
This pops open your $EDITOR with the last command in your history.
sudo ls -l | wc -l
Shell History #
fc shows up in shell history, but !! does not, !! gets replaced by the
command that it becomes.
Up Arrow #
yaya yaya, I know you can also up-arrow c-e, but what fun is that, it's barely a
flex. fc just looks big brained and like you really know what you are doing.