perfect. Thanks! Yes, everyone, I know about grep. :-)
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:12 AM, FS <bast...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> wrote: > >> Once upon a time, SternData <subscribed-li...@sterndata.com> said: >> > Years ago, I used a tool called CED and PCED on DOS systems. I could >> > type in "abc" and press an up-arrow and it would walk back through my >> > stack of DOS commands showing only those with "abc" in them. >> > >> > There's *got* to be a similar tool for bash, but my google-fu is weak >> today. >> >> control-R is bound to reverse-search-history by default. That will >> search anywhere in previous commands, so for example typing "s" followed >> by ^R would show matches for "ls". >> >> If instead you want to search for commands with the same start (so just >> typing "s" would only show commands that started with "s"), you want >> history-search-backward, which is bound to PageUp on Fedora (not bound >> by default upstream IIRC). >> >> -- >> Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> >> >> > I have this snippet in my .bashrc that binds the up and down keys to > search for the commands starting with the characters that you type in, so > if you type "ls" and press the up key, it will bring up the last command > that started with ls > > if [[ $- == *i* ]] > then > bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward' > bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward' > fi > > Basti > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > >
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