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I know that cd - goes back to the latest directory. Is there a similar shortcut for copying a file from the current directory to the latest directory?

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This should work...: 

cp file ~-
William Pursell
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    It works indeed, thanks. [This](http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/06/bash-tilde-expansion/#more-4794) explains why it works. – janosdivenyi Feb 25 '15 at 17:53