How to use arguments from previous command?

Question

I know that Esc + . gives you the last argument of the last command.

But I\'m interested in first argument of the last command. Is there a key

Answer 1

You can also get arguments from any command in your history!

$ echo a b c d e f g
a b c d e f g
$ echo build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar
build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar
$ history | tail -5
  601  echo build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar
  602  history | tail -10
  603  echo a b c d e f g
  604  echo build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar
  605  history | tail -5
$ echo !-3:4
echo d
d
$ echo !604:1
echo build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar
build/libs/jenkins-utils-all-0.1.jar