Bash Bash history substitutions Switch to newly created directory with !#:N

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Example

$ mkdir backup_download_directory && cd !#:1
mkdir backup_download_directory && cd backup_download_directory

This will substitute the Nth argument of the current command. In the example !#:1 is replaced with the first argument, i.e. backup_download_directory.



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