[SOLVED] Is there a way to take a previous argument?

Issue

I want to do this

mv <some path> <some path>/../

Is there a way to pass argv[1] as my argument and manipulate it, instead of writing the whole path again?

I.e.,

mv <some path> argv[1]/../

Solution

I've found the answer here. You can do it with:

mv file.txt !#:1.backup

• !# - refers to the current command.
• !#:1 - refers to the first argument of the current command

If you run this example you'll get:

mv file.txt file.txt.backup

Answered By - Pavlo Myroniuk

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (WPSolving Volunteer)