Is there an equivalent of cd - for cp or mv












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In Bash and similar shells cd - changes the current directory to a previously visited one. It's often very handy. I wonder if there is similar shorthand for copying or moving files, like:



~/project-a/ $ cd ../project-b

~/project-b/ $ cp Makefile LICENSE - # this won't work, hence the question


I'd be also happy with zsh specific answers.






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    With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

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  • That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

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In Bash and similar shells cd - changes the current directory to a previously visited one. It's often very handy. I wonder if there is similar shorthand for copying or moving files, like:



~/project-a/ $ cd ../project-b

~/project-b/ $ cp Makefile LICENSE - # this won't work, hence the question


I'd be also happy with zsh specific answers.






linux bash file-transfer zsh







share|improve this question


















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    With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

    – Cyrus
    3 hours ago











  • That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

    – Tadeusz Łazurski
    2 hours ago
















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In Bash and similar shells cd - changes the current directory to a previously visited one. It's often very handy. I wonder if there is similar shorthand for copying or moving files, like:



~/project-a/ $ cd ../project-b

~/project-b/ $ cp Makefile LICENSE - # this won't work, hence the question


I'd be also happy with zsh specific answers.






linux bash file-transfer zsh







share|improve this question














In Bash and similar shells cd - changes the current directory to a previously visited one. It's often very handy. I wonder if there is similar shorthand for copying or moving files, like:



~/project-a/ $ cd ../project-b

~/project-b/ $ cp Makefile LICENSE - # this won't work, hence the question


I'd be also happy with zsh specific answers.






linux bash file-transfer zsh




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    With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

    – Cyrus
    3 hours ago











  • That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

    – Tadeusz Łazurski
    2 hours ago
















  • 1





    With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

    – Cyrus
    3 hours ago











  • That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

    – Tadeusz Łazurski
    2 hours ago










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With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

– Cyrus
3 hours ago





With bash: Instead of - press Esc and then . to get from last command its last argument (here: ../project-b).

– Cyrus
3 hours ago













That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

– Tadeusz Łazurski
2 hours ago







That's true @Cyrus, but in the example the intention is to copy from project-b to project-a.

– Tadeusz Łazurski
2 hours ago












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If your shell has cd -, then it will likely have either the special variable $OLDPWD and/or the shortcut ~- for the directory you've been in previously.



cp Makefile LICENSE "$OLDPWD/"



cp Makefile LICENSE ~-



cat ~-/Makefile


Indeed the POSIX shell language (upon which ksh/bash/zsh are built) specifies that cd - should be equal to cd "$OLDPWD".






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    If your shell has cd -, then it will likely have either the special variable $OLDPWD and/or the shortcut ~- for the directory you've been in previously.



    cp Makefile LICENSE "$OLDPWD/"
    

    
cp Makefile LICENSE ~-
    

    
cat ~-/Makefile


    Indeed the POSIX shell language (upon which ksh/bash/zsh are built) specifies that cd - should be equal to cd "$OLDPWD".






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      If your shell has cd -, then it will likely have either the special variable $OLDPWD and/or the shortcut ~- for the directory you've been in previously.



      cp Makefile LICENSE "$OLDPWD/"
      

      
cp Makefile LICENSE ~-
      

      
cat ~-/Makefile


      Indeed the POSIX shell language (upon which ksh/bash/zsh are built) specifies that cd - should be equal to cd "$OLDPWD".






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        If your shell has cd -, then it will likely have either the special variable $OLDPWD and/or the shortcut ~- for the directory you've been in previously.



        cp Makefile LICENSE "$OLDPWD/"
        

        
cp Makefile LICENSE ~-
        

        
cat ~-/Makefile


        Indeed the POSIX shell language (upon which ksh/bash/zsh are built) specifies that cd - should be equal to cd "$OLDPWD".






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        If your shell has cd -, then it will likely have either the special variable $OLDPWD and/or the shortcut ~- for the directory you've been in previously.



        cp Makefile LICENSE "$OLDPWD/"
        

        
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cat ~-/Makefile


        Indeed the POSIX shell language (upon which ksh/bash/zsh are built) specifies that cd - should be equal to cd "$OLDPWD".







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