How Do I Undo a Command in Ubuntu?

How Do I Undo a Command in Ubuntu?
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You can’t directly undo a command. Unfortunately, Linux does not support this feature. You can use the command history to list all the previous commands you used. You have to find the reverse command for all of them (e.g. if you invoked a command sudo apt-get install you have to invoke a sudo apt-get purge ).

How do I undo a command in Linux?

There is no undo in the command line. You can however, run commands as rm -i and mv -i .

How do I undo changes in Ubuntu?

Undo changes in vim / Vi

  1. Press the Esc key to go back to the normal mode. ESC.
  2. Type u to undo the last change.
  3. To undo the two last changes, you would type 2u .
  4. Press Ctrl-r to redo changes which were undone. In other words, undo the undos. Typically, known as redo.

13 февр. 2020 г.

James H. Sterling
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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.