Using bash history to get a previous command, copy it and then 'run' it but with the command commented

Question

Just a question to improve my bash skills. I always do this:

$ history | grep some_long_command

...
...
123 some_long_command1.........
124 some_l         


        

Answer 1

You can also put

shopt -s histverify

in your .bash_profile, which causes any history expansion to appear on your command line without running it, allowing you to edit before doing so.