diff --git a/pages/common/bash.md b/pages/common/bash.md
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 # bash
 
-> Bourne-Again SHell.
-> `sh`-compatible command line interpreter.
+> Bourne-Again SHell, an `sh`-compatible command line interpreter.
+> See also `histexpand` for history expansion.
 > More information: <https://gnu.org/software/bash>.
 
 - Start interactive shell:
diff --git a/pages/common/histexpand.md b/pages/common/histexpand.md
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+# history expansion
+
+> Reuse and expand the shell history in bash or zsh.
+> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/History-Interaction.html>.
+
+- Run the previous command:
+
+`!!`
+
+- Run the previous command as root:
+
+`sudo !!`
+
+- Run a command with the last argument of the previous command:
+
+`{{command}} !$`
+
+- Run a command with the first argument of the previous command:
+
+`{{command}} !^`
+
+- Run the command `n` lines back in the history:
+
+`!-{{n}}`
+
+- Run the most recent command starting with `string`:
+
+`!{{string}}`
+
+- Run the previous command, replacing `string1` with `string2`:
+
+`^{{string1}}^{{string2}}^`
+
+- Perform a history expansion, but print the command that would be run instead of actually running it:
+
+`{{!-n}}:p`
diff --git a/pages/common/zsh.md b/pages/common/zsh.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # zsh
 
-> Z SHell.
-> `bash` and `sh`-compatible command line interpreter.
+> Z SHell, a `bash` and `sh`-compatible command line interpreter.
+> See also `histexpand` for history expansion.
 > More information: <https://www.zsh.org>.
 
 - Start interactive command line interpreter: