> Command line editing makes this trivial. I'm lazy, so I typically do this (2nd step) to avoid the extra key strokes necessary for editing: $ grep -i "bloo

> Command line editing makes this trivial. I'm lazy, so I typically do this (2nd step) to avoid the extra key strokes necessary for editing: $ grep -i "blooey" $(!!) Also very useful for avoiding editing in order to do something else with the same argument as in the previous command: !$, i.e.: $ foo myfile $ bla !$