Re: why must bash zap last search string just because we hit ^C?

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

> Press Ctrl-u
OK I see this also works for
$ ^Rabcdefg^U
$ some command the boss told me to do
$ ^R^R
and voila! I am back to searching "abcdefg" again.
OK, I'll remember ^U. Case closed. Thanks everybody.