[ncolug] Re: Ctrl+R To Search Bash History
- From: Chuck Stickelman <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:04:17 -0400
Bash history is amazing! While many people are familiar with using `!!`
(the infamous "Bang-Bang") using something like `!!:s/1/2` (runs the
previous command and substitute a "2" for the first occurrence of an
"1") can save a lot of time and frustration. Bash rules!
Chuck
On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 22:39 -0400, M. Knisely wrote:
> Yep, I'm late coming to this game but I'm hoping others will be blown
> away as I was. Seems that you can hit Ctrl+R and start typing a
> command you know you ran once a while back at the command line. As
> you type it searches through the history locating a match for what
> you're typing.
>
>
> I did some google-ing and found lots of other bash history tricks. I
> strongly suggest looking yourself. It seems that even LifeHacker
> covered this in 2007, http://lifehacker.com/278888/ctrl%
> 252Br-to-search-and-other-terminal-history-tricks.
>
>
> Happy researching!
>
>
> Mike K.
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