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Repeat the Previous UNIX Command

· Shell & text

Here's a handy command to know, especially when the command line syntax is long. I've included an example for both c and ksh shell.

For C shell
#csh
#vi this_is_a_very_long_filename
text
:wq! (saves and quits vi)

Repeats the command
#!!

For ksh shell
#ksh
#vi this_is_a_very_long_filename
text
:wq! (saves and quits vi)

Repeats the command (r is a built-in alias fc -e -)
#r