Comments on: Easily Correct a Typo of Previous Command Using Carat (^) Symbol

By: Dan Haworth

Dan Haworth — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:51:36 +0000

24 blooming years of using Linux and I never knew this existed!

Super helpful, thanks!

dragonmouth — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 17:53:14 +0000

In reply to Ravi Saive.

Sorry, but as of September 2018, the incorrect word is still in the title and in two places in the write-up.

DannyB — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:12:55 +0000

This would be very handy if your previous command was:

rm -rf /

but what you really meant was:

rm -rf /home/danny/junk

Ravi Saive — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 05:14:29 +0000

@Wilson,

Say thanks to your friend who pointed out this typo, really appreciated…:)

@Gabriel,

Corrected in the writeup…

Gabriel A. Cánepa — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:13:12 +0000

In reply to Wilson.

@Wilson,
That is correct. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
@Ravi,
Please correct the typo in the title.