alias with sudo not working

Question

I'm trying to add an alias to my .bashrc alias oops='sudo !!' when i execute it however I get:

sudo: !!: command not found

eliminating the alias from the .bashrc and im able to manually use sudo !!, why does this happen?

score -2 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 23 '16 at 12:19

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Try with:

alias oops='sudo $(history -p !!)'

edited Dec 23 '16 at 12:19

terdon

answered Dec 23 '16 at 11:25

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