Saturday, November 27, 2010

[Tip] [Linux] Quickly fix a Typo in the command

I found this article interesting -
http://lifehacker.com/5698494/quickly-fix-command-line-mistakes-with-the--symbol

use ^incorrectword^correctword - will execute the previous command with the incorrectword replaced by the correct word

Ex:
lp -a |grep a --- Error
^lp^ls --- Correct the typo above

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