I would like to be able to chmod +x and touch a file in one go without having to list the file name twice as in touch foo && chmod +x foo. Is there a way to do this is in one whack? Here is some pseudo-code explanation describing the expected behavior:
chmod <placeholder> && touch <placeholder> <-redirect- "filename"
I get sick of typing in one off commands and then to go back and execute the same command a few times for different files I have to edit the filename twice in each command. In my psuedo-code example I would only have to return to the previously entered command and edit only the filename string at the end.
I have tried,
touch "$(echo foo && chmod +x !$)"
but the filename is neither at the end of the string, and it doesn't seem to work because the last argument !$ is the one passed to the command before touch.
Like this:
$ touch foo && chmod +x $_
Now:
$ ls -l foo
-rwxrwxr-x 1 me me 0 mars 30 19:16 foo