koala_man 1230906993 learn "expands to the last argument to the previous command, after expansion" (man bash, Special Parameters) greycat 1303506464 forget greycat 1303506465 learn "$_" expands to the last argument to the previous command, after expansion (man bash, Special Parameters) larryv 1691804451 forget larryv 1691804458 learn "$_" expands to the last argument to the previous command, after expansion (man bash, "Shell Variables") ormaaj 1698904115 forget ormaaj 1698904312 learn "$_" expands to the last word of the previous simple command, after expansion (man bash, "Shell Variables"). _ is *highly* non-portable. No other shell treats it quite like bash does, and some (ksh93) use it for completely different purposes.