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Re: what's $_ in bash



Le 4/8/23 à 04:35, tom@myposts.ovh a écrit :
Hello

in bash shell, what's "$_" variable? where defines it?

Thanks.


It's the last argument of the last command.
I use it often when installing a package.
Something like:
$ apt-cache show "package-name"
[... read the description ...]
$ sudo apt-get install $_


By the way you can also use Alt-. to yank (paste) the last argument.
Keep pressing Alt-. to go through previous arguments.

Best,

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