Ubuntu Server Tip: command replacement

[Taladan]

If you find yourself needing to perform a command a second time on a different file, you can use command replacement with the ^ symbol.

Example:

cp foo.txt /to/some/directory

^foo^bar
   (results in the cli executing: cp bar.txt /to/some/directory)

This is particularly useful when you want to perform the same action on some things, but not all things in your current directory.

[Dave Walker (davewalker)]

Thanks for the suggestion. Will try and made this suggestion more concise.