Repeat any command, not only the last

cmd ()
{
   history | tail -${2:-10} | awk -v tofind=${1:-[0-9]} '($0!~/ cmd /) &&
   ($0~tofind) { print }'

}

its execution is simple:

$ cmd [] []

If you run cmd alone you pick one of the last commands except "cmd" itself
from the last 10 lines of the history file.

$ cmd

If you specify the  variable you pick all the commands matching
your criteria

$ cmd bash

If you specify  option and  variable you pick all
the command matching your criteria in the last  rows

$ cmd bash 30