Yes you can, with the difference that you have to push <return> after each.
$ history 47 cmd 1 48 cmd 2 49 cmd 3 50 cmd 4 $ ^Rcmd<return> would fetch "cmd 4", then $ ^R<return> would fetch "cmd 3" /tm > Are there any examples which show how I can cycle backwards through > the command history? For example bash displays the first result when > pressing ctrl r the first time, the second result searching the > command history backwards for pressing ctrl r the second time, the > third result for pressing ctrl r the third time and so on. Does ksh > have such a feature? > > Wendy > _______________________________________________ > ast-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users > _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
