[NTLUG:Discuss] Bash command line completion

[Rusty Haddock]

Shell variable or an alias I think are your best bets.  All methods are
going to involve some setup but these have the least amount.
On Jun 9, 2016 11:31 PM, "Leroy Tennison" <leroy.tennison at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to recover only the first few words of the
> immediately previous command.  For example,given the below
>
>     ip route delete 192.168.100.0/24 dev eth0
>
> I want to easily repeat
>
>     ip route delete
>
> so I can copy/paste additional routes from the output of 'ip route'
> (working with a firewall which has 10 interfaces, doing testing).
>
> I realize I could write an alias but was hoping for something more direct,
> either I'm not searching for the right thing or the web isn't being
> helpful, ideas?
>
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