Creating an alias containing bash history expansion

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Mar 15, 20262385 views

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I often forget to run a command with sudo, so I find myself often typing immediately afterwards. I tried aliasing this, but bash chokes on the part. Is there some way to represent this shortcut within an alias?

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sudo !!

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AIUI the problem is that history substitutions ( ) are done before alias substitution. I haven't tested this thoroughly, but it looks like can be used to get what you want:

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Creating an alias containing bash history expansion

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