Equivalent of !n in bash in vim for ex commands?

Question

I'd like to be able to view the last n commands, similar to the history command in bash, and then be able to execute the nth command similar to the way it is done in bash by using !<command number> is there an equivalent to this in vim?

Answer 1

This is highly hacky but should work:

function! ReExecute(historyNumber)
  " Open the command window
  call feedkeys('q:', 'in')

  " Jump to the desired line
  call feedkeys(a:historyNumber.'gg', 'tn')

  " Execute the command
  call feedkeys("\<CR>", 'tn')
endfunction

command! -nargs=1 R call ReExecute(<f-args>)

Now use R 2 to replay the command at line 2.

Thanks for user9433424 for his answer.

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Edit: It seems a little hard to use like this, because you execute the command without seeing it, hence this little modification:

function! ReExecute(historyNumber)
  " Open the command window
  call feedkeys('q:', 'in')

  " Jump to the desired line
  call feedkeys(a:historyNumber.'gg', 'tn')

  " Copy the current command and quit
  call feedkeys("y$:q\<CR>", 'tn')

  " Add the value into the command line
  call feedkeys(':'.@", 'tn')
endfunction

command! -nargs=1 R call ReExecute(<f-args>)

This populate your command line with the nth last command, which is more what you asked in the first place anyway.

Answer 2

I got my answer from here: Using command line history in vim

Here is a summary to execute your command of choice from command history:

• q: (opens the command history window)
• use vim browsing keys to go to the command you want to execute. Alternately :n where n is line number of the command to execute, will place you on the line.
• CR -> (Carriage return) Press enter to execute the command.

If you want to run the last n commands:

• q:
• yank the number of commands you want to run
• Press ctrlc twice
• :@"