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 - <h4 class="subsection">33.1.2 Word Designators</h4>
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 - <p>Word designators are used to select desired words from the event.
 - A ‘<samp>:</samp>’ separates the event specification from the word designator.  It
 - may be omitted if the word designator begins with a ‘<samp>^</samp>’, ‘<samp>$</samp>’,
 - ‘<samp>*</samp>’, ‘<samp>-</samp>’, or ‘<samp>%</samp>’.  Words are numbered from the beginning
 - of the line, with the first word being denoted by 0 (zero).  Words are
 - inserted into the current line separated by single spaces.
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 - <p>For example,
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 - <dt><code>!!</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>designates the preceding command.  When you type this, the preceding
 - command is repeated in toto.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!!:$</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>designates the last argument of the preceding command.  This may be
 - shortened to <code>!$</code>.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>!fi:2</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>designates the second argument of the most recent command starting with
 - the letters <code>fi</code>.
 - </p></dd>
 - </dl>
 - 
 - <p>Here are the word designators:
 - </p> 
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 - <dt><code>0 (zero)</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>The <code>0</code>th word.  For many applications, this is the command word.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code><var>n</var></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>The <var>n</var>th word.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>^</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>The first argument; that is, word 1.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>$</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>The last argument.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>%</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>The word matched by the most recent ‘<samp>?<var>string</var>?</samp>’ search.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code><var>x</var>-<var>y</var></code></dt>
 - <dd><p>A range of words; ‘<samp>-<var>y</var></samp>’ abbreviates ‘<samp>0-<var>y</var></samp>’.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code>*</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>All of the words, except the <code>0</code>th.  This is a synonym for ‘<samp>1-$</samp>’.
 - It is not an error to use ‘<samp>*</samp>’ if there is just one word in the event;
 - the empty string is returned in that case.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code><var>x</var>*</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Abbreviates ‘<samp><var>x</var>-$</samp>’
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - <dt><code><var>x</var>-</code></dt>
 - <dd><p>Abbreviates ‘<samp><var>x</var>-$</samp>’ like ‘<samp><var>x</var>*</samp>’, but omits the last word.
 - </p>
 - </dd>
 - </dl>
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 - <p>If a word designator is supplied without an event specification, the
 - previous command is used as the event.
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