Bash command argument repetition with tab completion

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I make frequent use of command argument repetition (is there a canonical term for this?) using the form !n:m, where n is the number of the historical command and m is the number of the argument, or short forms thereof.

Is there a way to expand such arguments in situ, so that I can then tab-complete them?

A trivial example:

$ mycmd long/path/with/plenty/of/subdirectories
$ cp !$/tediously-verbose-filename.txt .

I'd love to be able to use argument repetition without having to then type the filename out in full (or resort to dummy runs with ls or echo).

asked 1 min ago

Kate McKenzie

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