History Substitution: Examples #1

• Add a missing last character, a "c": !!c
  % lpr /usr/local/src/foo/file.
  lpr: /usr/local/src/foo/file.: file not found
  % !!c
  lpr /usr/local/src/foo/file.c
• Delete an extra character, a "c": ^c
  % emaccs foofile
  emaccs: command not found
  % ^c
  emacs foofile
• "A while ago, I edited four files with vi. I'll print the second and third files."
  % lpr !vi:2-3
  lpr somefile.html otherfile.html