On 06/27/2016 07:56 AM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, SternData <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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). > I use the following in bashrc if [ "$PS1" ]; then bind '"\e[A"':history-search-backward bind '"\e[B"':history-search-forward bind '"\e[23~"':"\"\C-k\C-ahistory | grep '^ *[0-9]* *\C-e.'\C-m\"" bind '"\e[24~"':kill-whole-line bind Space:magic-space shopt -s histappend export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' if This privides the same functionality you mentioned for windows plus: F12 erases the current command line without executing it, F11 will show the entire history of commands that start with any character typed on the command line before pressing F11. The shopt part is supposed to insure that each new command line executed is saved immediately in the history file, instead of when the shell is closed. Emmett -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
