The Fuck – Correct your previous console command

Cool idea. For those systems where you don't have the option of adding a 3rd party tool, it's probably worth knowing some of the standard bash shortcuts. The easy to remember ones are: !^ - the first argument from the previous command !$ - the last argument from the previous command !* - all of the arguments from the previous command !! - the entire previous command For example: $ apt-get install foo # Crap $ sudo !!

[~user/]$ rm -rf / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe [~user/]$ fuck sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / fuck!

Just hopping on this thread post for a shameless plug: https://github.com/Detry322/git-psuh Why make errors do the thing you want, when you can make them do things you don't want? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Carpenters have "measure twice, cut once", since there's risk involved with a mistake. Let's make mistakes risky.

This is worth having if only for pushing with --set-upstream origin. For those averse to four-letter words, it's trivially simple to alias as well. I have mine set to "ugh". eval "$(thefuck --alias ugh)"