Ctrl+R
Then type any part of the command (filename, search string, etc)
Ctrl+R again to cycle through the matches.
(Best feature in bash)
Use fzf for a more visual search.
This is the way.
Or history | grep 'command'
Can't just hit enter to run the one you want then, though.
Type: !1234 ... to run whatever history number of the command.
I've been using this for a long time, never knew I could press Ctrl + R again. Thanks!
Ctrl + S to go the other way if you overshoot!
control shift R, then start typing, it will search your bash history
Hmm, normally it's just ctrl - r... Are you sure the shift is needed on your system?
Don't forget fzf. That will really jazz up your history search!
No man entry for fzf
Ok if you want to learn Linux, you need to start web searching for stuff you hear about. :)
Some variants have ctrl+r bound to something else
This. It took a while for it to sink in but now it’s muscle memory and a huge time saver
What now? What is r? How does this work?
CTRL+R brings up a prompt and allows you to search through commands you’ve run before. If you’ve run different variations of the command hitting CTRL+R or CTRL+SHIFT+R cycles through commands similar to what you’ve typed out.
I'm new to linux and i've been using $history | grep . This information is very useful, thank you.
Sure thing! There’s lots of ways to do the same things, but either way stops you from hitting the up key a bajillion times
This is why I switched to fish; it seems to be much smarter understanding what I want to type.
Yeah it's great how ctrl-r is kinda the default instead of something you have to go out of your way to use. Just start typing a command and the up arrow will only cycle through history that matches what you've typed so far.
up, up, up, up, up, cd .., ah there it is.
Using the history command just to find the specific IP I need to ssh to
It's like the bus-stop-paradigm: If I wait just a bit longer and it will come. Meanwhile it would've been faster to walk.
i use vi mode in zsh for that reason, its pretty good
Hint: :q!
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