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You just need to add "\e.":yank-last-arg to $HOME/.inputrc. From man 3 readline: yank-last-arg (M-., M-_) Insert the last argument to the previous command (the last word ...
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#1: Initial revision
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Quasímodo
·
2024-08-18T08:53:01Z (4 months ago)
You just need to add
```
"\e.":yank-last-arg
```
to `$HOME/.inputrc`.
----
From `man 3 readline`:
yank-last-arg (M-., M-_)
Insert the last argument to the previous command (the last word
of the previous history entry).
To determine the escape sequence you need to map, in this case `\e.`, type Ctrl-V followed by the desired sequence in the terminal. That outputs `^[.` (where `^[` is the representation for the ESC character, 0x1B).