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A new target selector for selecting a single entity

As of right now, the only target selector that can target entities other than players is @e, but this target selector cannot be used in commands such as /damage @e[type=entity] because the selector @e can target multiple of the same entity, e.g. the command /kill @e[type=zombie] would kill all zombies in the world, but /damage command only works on a singular entity. 
By adding a new target selector that only targets the nearest single entity, the /damage command should work on entities rather than just players, e.g. /damage @c[type=zombie] would damage the closest zombie to the player, ignoring all other zombies in the world.

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    @c should allow all @e-compatible delimiters. Then you could do "/kill @c[type=zombie, sort=random]" to kill one random zombie in the world. Default to [limit=1, sort=nearest].

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    While I do agree that @c would be convenient, it's pretty easy to do @e[type=zombie,limit=1] which already achieves exactly what you're suggesting.

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    If you just wanted mobs in a certain range just do /execute @s /kill @e [type:zombie,r:15] on a command block with repeat on and always active on, which would kill all zombies which are 15 blocks around you.