In my bash/readline/whatever, Alt+<N>+. gives the Nth-from-the-end argument to the previous command. so, $ echo a b c d a b c d $ echo # pressing

In my bash/readline/whatever, Alt+<N>+. gives the Nth-from-the-end argument to the previous command. so, $ echo a b c d a b c d $ echo # pressing <Alt+<2>+.> here inserts 'c', not 'b'.