Repeating previous commands

Is there anything in Power Shell that is equivalent to the exclamation
(!) feature in bash?

Here's an example. Let's say I'm working on a Python script: edit the
script, run the script, repeat.

Using PowerShell

PS C:\> vim foo.py
PS C:\> python foo.py
running foo.py... done
PS C:\> vim foo.py
PS C:\> python foo.py
running foo.py... done

Using bash

$ vim foo.py
$ python foo.py
running foo.py... done
$ !v
vim foo.py
$ !p
python foo.py
running foo.py... done

Using bash, I can just type !v and !p to run the last command that
started with a v or p ("vi foo.py", "python foo.py"). In PowerShell, I
type out the full command. Is there anything like the ! in Power
Shell? It may seem like a small detail, but when working on software
development projects for hours at a time, it adds up.

<snorble@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2a9a37a9-56bf-4bc4-996b-567cc70ec1eb@xxxxxx

F7 (but not in Graphical PS?)

However, since your example involves only a pair
of commands you could get the same result with
fewer keystrokes simply by using CursorUp twice.
And that works in either app. <eg>


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snorble@xxxxxx wrote: To build on what Keith said, add this to your profile (notepad $profile):

function r! ($pattern) {
get-history | where-object { $_.CommandLine -like "$pattern" } |
foreach-object { invoke-history $_ -confirm }
}

If you're brave, remove the -confirm. You'll need to insert asterisks, or you
could add them to the pattern string. Or you could use -match for a regex.
Might be overkill.

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