Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] Cycling backwards through history with ctrl r?
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> On 17/01/2008, Thomas Magnusson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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"
>
> How do I fetch "cmd 2"?
>
> Wendy
The reason you need the new line with ^R is that ^R can be followed by
a string and it will search backward for the most recent line containing
that string (^R^string search for the most recent starting with string).
Thus, ^Rcmd 2 would search for cmd 2. Also, you can go back N commands
with
<ESC>-<N>^P
so that
<ESC>3^P
would bring up cmd-2.
In vi control mode,
<N>G
will bring up command N.
David Korn
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