Shorthand to get the last argument of the previous command

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Last Updated: 2024-11-21

When you're working interactively with the command line, how do you get the last argument of the previous command? Here's how:

!!$

Here's an example of how you might use this:

git diff --since="2 weeks ago"
# Open up gitk using the same option
gitk !!$ # i.e. gitk --since="2 weeks ago"