It seems you are using bash and need to up your shell game, allow to suggest zsh which allow for thing such as: !!:s/status/stop/ This will recall the last co

It seems you are using bash and need to up your shell game, allow to suggest zsh which allow for thing such as: !!:s/status/stop/ This will recall the last command and substitute status with stop. !-2:s/status/edit/ Will recall two commands back from history and substitute status with edit. See http://reasoniamhere.com/2014/01/11/outrageously-useful-tips-to-master-your-z-shell/ http://reasoniamhere.com/2014/01/11/outrageously-useful-tips... For added awesomeness have a look into history-substring-search[1], zsh-autosuggestions[2], zsh-syntax-highlighting[3]. [1]: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search [2]: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions [3]: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting