Comments on: HOWTO: quick search terminal history commands

By: MyWayOnRails

MyWayOnRails — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:54:56 +0000

Reblogged this on MyWayOnRails.

By: Terminal | Dot Net Monkey

Terminal | Dot Net Monkey — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:59:52 +0000

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By: shan

shan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:26:48 +0000

or summarized

in terminal enter:

sudo gedit ~/.inputrc

then copy paste and save

“\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[C": forward-char
"\e[D": backward-char

FROM now on [and many agree this is the most useful tool]

all you need to do to find a previous command is to enter say the first 2 or 3 letters and upward arrow will take you there quickly
all i need to do is enter ff and hit upward arrow command will soon appear

By: shan

shan — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:25:03 +0000

use this http://codeinthehole.com/writing/the-most-important-command-line-tip-incremental-history-searching-with-inputrc/

then all you need is to type x and hit upward arrow until you see your command

By: nicodeem

nicodeem — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:21:54 +0000

This is the guide to previous commands search and edit: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-shell-history-search-command/

By: Buminda

Buminda — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:26:32 +0000

ctrl + r , saves ot of time

By: giordi

giordi — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:49 +0000

if you type ctrl+r and write, for example “cd”, you can search among every “cd” command saved in history!

By: free job postings

free job postings — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:17:14 +0000

How to search partial matching commands with history?

By: DSH

DSH — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:24:29 +0000

Thanks helped a lot

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:14:22 +0000

The most obvious technique is missing from the comments above. If one uses VI Editing Mode (I assume most of the readers are), searching through history with / ? n and N is simple.
If you don’t add one line, “set -o vi”, to your ~/.bashrc file
See for example “Readline VI Editing Mode Cheat Sheet” at http://www.catonmat.net