From b496b83068c026caf88b68ebcd4d798a2f1165eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 12:14:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Global Substitution On The Previous Command as a zsh til.

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 README.md                                     |  1 +
 ...al-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 zsh/global-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e390ddb..dd8bf24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 - [Clear The Screen](zsh/clear-the-screen.md)
 - [Create A File Descriptor with Process Substitution](zsh/create-a-file-descriptor-with-process-substitution.md)
 - [Do Not Overwrite Existing Files](zsh/do-not-overwrite-existing-files.md)
+- [Global Substitution On The Previous Command](zsh/global-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md)
 - [Killing A Frozen SSH Session](zsh/killing-a-frozen-ssh-session.md)
 - [List All The Say Voices](zsh/list-all-the-say-voices.md)
 - [Repeat Yourself](zsh/repeat-yourself.md)
diff --git a/zsh/global-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md b/zsh/global-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbd0a1c
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+++ b/zsh/global-substitution-on-the-previous-command.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Global Substitution On The Previous Command
+
+Let's say we just executed the following command:
+
+```bash
+$ grep 'foo' foo.md
+```
+
+It gave us the information we were looking for and now we want to execute
+a similar command to find the occurrences of `bar` in `bar.md`. The `^`
+trick won't quite work here.
+
+```bash
+$ ^foo^bar<tab>
+$ grep 'bar' foo.md
+```
+
+What we need is a global replace of `foo` in our previous command. The `!!`
+command can help when we sprinkle in some `sed`-like syntax.
+
+```bash
+$ !!gs/foo/bar<tab>
+$ grep 'bar' bar.md
+```
+
+For a short command like this, we haven't gained much. However, for large
+commands that span the length of your terminal, this can definitely save you
+a little trouble.